The pronoun “us” in literature serves as a flexible tool, often working to include characters—and by extension, readers—in a shared experience or identity. In some texts it functions to physically locate characters within a scene, as when Peter is said to be “bringing her to us” [1] or when a threat emerges “at us” on a distant horizon [2]. In philosophical or rhetorical dialogue, “us” helps to forge a bond between speaker and listener, inviting participation as seen in Plato’s discussion in Gorgias [3] or the measured appeals in speeches from historical documents [4]. The pronoun can also delineate community boundaries, emphasizing inclusion or exclusion: whether it marks the intimacy of shared experience in works like The Age of Innocence [5] or highlights separation in passages addressing outsiders [6]. Overall, “us” is deployed in literature not only to indicate collective identity but also to shape how characters and readers engage with the narrative world.