The author of the brilliant story, “Charles”, uses foreshadowing to create an unforgettable experience for the reader as the true identity of Charles is slowly unveiled. For this reason, there are several factors that promote the reader to learn the true identity of Charles. The first factor that helps the reader determine Charles’s true identity is through Laurie’s need to think of who Charles is. This course of action would cause the reader to question, if Laurie is actually telling the truth; consequently, the reader would conclude that Laurie could be lying and that Charles may not exist. Furthermore, the reader is impacted to learn Charles’s true identity through Laurie’s dad asking what Charles’s other name was. When Laurie’s dad asks
