The fourth chapter of the novel Foe takes a completely different space and stands apart from the prior narrative process and interaction. The novel almost exclusively concerns narration: not only the content of stories but the problems of their production are taken into consideration.

In the fourth chapter there is a different narrator from the previous ones. As a matter of fact there is an unnamed narrator who  tells the story.

At the end the unknown narrator dissolves the narration in an act of renunciation, so that the  reader is surprised by such an unusual conclusion. Moreover in chapter  IV the meaning of the title is illustrated .

In the fourth chapter there is a mysterious and enigmatic atmosphere because the scene is too dark and  some strange things seem to happen.

The chapter is more difficult than the previous ones as well as  more complex,. There are few words that make up the chapter that seems to hide a "secret" content behind the words.