Foreshadowing In Charles, Laurie And Charles

Foreshadowing convinces us that in the short story “Charles”, Laurie and Charles are the same person. For example, when Laurie's mother asked her son who was the pupil in his class that was causing the chaos, Laurie paused before telling his mother who the child was. In the mother's perspective, the story states, ”Laurie thought. ’It was Charles’...” (11). In this quote, we can clearly see that Laurie created a fictional name so that he wouldn't be punished. Laurie knew his parents would be furious when they heard that their son had been disruptive on the first day of kindergarten. Another clue that helps us to comprehend that Laurie and Charles are the same person is when Laurie explained to his parents that when Charles received detention