Foreshadowed In Mr. Nuttel's The Open Window

There are many ways that the author of “The Open Window” foreshadowed that Vera was an unreliable source of information, some of which being her persistent questioning of Mr.Nuttel on how well he knew her aunt, and the way that she willingly offered up personal information to a virtual stranger as well as the manner in which she did it. Vera was very good at making sure that Mr.Nuttel wouldn’t be able to detect her lie about her aunt because he knew her- almost suspiciously so, in fact. Even after he had said that he knew “hardly a soul” around where they were, she continued questioning him, verifying his lack of knowledge by asking, “then you know nothing about my aunt?” (185). In a casual conversation, usually you’d let it be after your