Foreshadowing in “Charles” convince us that Laurie is in fact Charles. For example, Laurie takes delight in saying a curse word to his father. On page (14) Laurie’s mom explains,”his father bent his head down and Laurie whispered joyfully”.Laurie fabricates Charles to cause commotion in kindergarten and made a little girl bleed with the seesaw at recess. Everyday Laurie comes home from school and says that a boy at school hit the teacher and was being fresh, when the parents asked “what's the boy's name” Laurie took a moment to think making up Charles to not get in trouble for causing disruption in class. The author is using foreshadowing to hint that Laurie is not what he seems. He chose to lie because he is adjusting to kindergarten and often
