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Objective Summary The author in the story , Charles , by Shirley Jackson, there is a young boy named Laurie,who has first day of Kindergarten. Every day he comes back from school and talks about his day. He tells stories about Charles to cover up his bad behavior,because Charles is really Laurie. In the story the author uses foreshadowing to give hints that Charles is really Laurie. For instance the quote ”Today Charles hit the teacher.” This shows that Laurie is happy that Charles hit the
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