In the novel Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix the main character and protagonist Bethany Cole is introduced at the beginning of the exposition(page 1). She is in a car with her parents, confused, doesn't know where she is or where she is going. She finally reaches a destination in Springfield that becomes the main setting of the book. Bethany describes this house as a 1900s heartwarming family house, the porch of the house is a happy and calm looking environment (4-5). Haddix starts the novel off by saying “My mother is crying… I look out the window at the darkness flowing past our car(1)”. She does not provide the reader with exactly what is happening at the beginning. The reader has to further read and connect dots to understand
