Examples Of Foreshadowing In Charles By Laurie

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Foreshadowing convinces us that Laurie is charles. For example, Laurie takes delight in saying a bad word to his father. He tells his dad the bad word because he said charles told a little girl to say it out loud. However she ended up saying the bad word twice. That is when the teacher put soap in the little girl’s mouth. The story reveals that laurie is charles because laurie acts like charles by saying, “hi pop you old dust mop” and also it says near the end that the teacher says that “he had a hard time adjusting but he is a fine little helper now”.This is an example of laurie acting like charles because charles in the story is acting the exact same way at school.Here is another example of foreshadowing because laurie always has to stay

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