Books might seem like reading and flipping pages, but there is more. What is special about books is the author uses many literary devices to get inside the reader's brain. This is what happens in foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is a warning or indication of a future event. Foreshadowing is not obvious, but when readers notice it, it makes them think and realize. In S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders, foreshadowing is used for Johnny killing Bob and the church catching fire. In Kurt Vonnegut, Jr’s Harrison Bergeron foreshadowing is used for Harrison’s death. Although both S.E. Hinton in The Outsiders and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr in Harrison Bergeron use foreshadowing, S.E. Hinton uses foreshadowing more effectively because it is more obvious, it is used more …show more content…
S.E. Hinton uses foreshadowing for multiple events, which makes the story more exciting. One example is when the church catches fire. This sentence foreshadowed the church catching fire: “I saw Johnny's cigarette glowing in the dark and wondered vaguely what it was like inside a burning ember” (S.E. Hinton 41). At this point, Pony and Johnny were out of the drive-in theater, just laying in the lot. Ponyboy was wondering what would it feel it there were inside a burning building. Although this is unusual to say, it is important. The church catches fire. If the church hadn’t caught fire, then Johnny wouldn’t have been injured. S.E Hinton’s uses foreshadowing often, which Kurt Vonnegut, Jr doesn’t use is as …show more content…
Hinton makes foreshadowing crucial to her story. Without some of these foreshadowings, the story wouldn’t be. For example, without Johnny having the blade, he and Pony wouldn’t have ran away and the church wouldn’t have caught fire. Another important foreshadowing was used for Dally’s death. The story says, “I started carryin' a heater” (S.E. Hinton 72). Dally was carrying a heater because all of the tension between the Socs and the Greasers. After Johnny’s death, Dally uses his heater. He uses it to rob a store, which the police come after him. He points it at the police. The heater was unloaded, but the cops kill him. Without Dally having a heater, he wouldn’t have died. S.E Hinton shows that foreshadowing is important to the story, which Kurt Vonnegut, Jr doesn’t do as well. Foreshadowing is used in many novels, but S.E Hinton uses this perfectly. She makes the foreshadowing easy to find. She also uses foreshadowing many times throughout the story. Most of the foreshadowings in her novel was crucial to the story. Foreshadowing is important to many stories. They move the plot a long and make to story possible. Some foreshadowing are so important, like in S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders. Without Johnny having the blade, he wouldn’t have been able to kill Bob. There would be no story without Bob being dead. Foreshadowing is an important part of literacy and makes the novel more
For instance in,when Rawlins uttered to John that “Somethin bad is gonn happen [sic], it demonstrates that Rawlins has a feeling that there is something wicked on its way. “I knew it’d come to this. From the time I first [saw] him”.[sic](McCarthy 159) This foreshadowing puts the story at a higher level and it creates a suspense that the rest of the story doesn’t contain, and shows that Rawlins knew from the first moment he saw Blevins, that he was poison. This device helps him build anticipation of what will come later in the story. This is a path towards the climax of the story. John and Rawling have not yet seen what is to come. They will soon face iniquitous people who will destroy them . Without this device, the reader wouldn't have anticipated anything and McCarthy might have lost the
It gives clues to the readers of what might happen next in the story or what the story can result in. In the "Sorry, Wrong Number" the narrator is foreshadowing when he dramatically says, "She overhears two men division a secret plan.” Foreshadowing is clearly introduced here when the narrator of this story gives hints to the reader that something is about to happen next. When there are two men plotting together making a secret plan, the readers know that they will find it out. This creates more suspense and intimidation within the reader. The wife in the story is fearful. She doesn’t know what the plan is, but she has an idea that it has to do with her husband. The foreshadowing builds suspense before she finds out what the plan really
There is foreshadowing in the young ravens story because it keeps on mentioning how unsafe
In the story The Monkey's Paw the foreshadowing creates tension and suspense because during the story there was so many things going on and you didn't know what was going to happen next. I say this because in the Monkey's Paw the author writes He raised his hand. "I wish my son alive again." This quote explains foreshadowing by suspense because when he wishes for his son to be alive again it gives the audience suspense if he is going to actually be alive again or if it's not going to come true and they are going to be disappointed.
Foreshadowing is a useful literary device that writers use to provide clues about future events in a story. Lois Lowry frequently uses foreshadowing in “The Giver” to give subtle hints about subsequent developments in the novel. The reader can interpret these indications to develop assumptions about what will occur next. Also, they can provide explanations once the event has occurred and the reader can look back and find new meaning in certain passages. The pain and challenges that Jonas will face during his training are frequently suggested when he first begins his training with The Giver.
Throughout the movie there are many instances of foreshadowing which enrichs the literary value of the movie. In one example Corporal
What the author is doing is letting the reader foreshadow. A technique which creates suspense, a vital element in any action story. The author then explained what was being hinted at;
Have you ever watched a movie and knew what the ending was before it was over? Characters from the story use foreshadowing to hint on what will happen in the future. There are many examples of foreshadowing that John Steinbeck creates in Of MIce and Men. some key uses of foreshadowing that Steinbeck uses in Of MIce and Men are there wishes of the ranch but their plans going askew, how curley's wife will die, how they will not get the ranch, and lastly how lennie will die.
In John Steinbeck’s famous novel Of Mice and Men, foreshadowing plays a large part in the reader’s experience. Almost every event that is important was foreshowed at some people, such as the multiple deaths that occur throughout.
Effectively using foreshadowing in a piece of literature enhances the reader's curiosity. One clear example of such usage is seen in Kate Chopin's writing. Her use of foreshadowing in the short story "The Storm" adds an element of intrigue, holding the reader's interest throughout. In this story a father and son, Bobinôt and Bibi, are forced to remain in the store where they were shopping, waiting for an approaching storm to pass. Meanwhile, the wife and mother, Calixta, remaining at home, receives an unexpected visit from a former lover of hers, Alcée. The two lovers ultimately consummate their relationship. Alcée then departs once the storm subsides, at which time the father and son return home. No repercussions of the extramarital affair take place within the story.
To begin with, the author uses foreshadowing in the story to express one’s point of view, proving the hardships this character goes through. For example, Teddy is an ambitious child at the prime of his childhood being overruled by his unimaginative ridiculing aunt
For example, Dumas makes use of foreshadowing to hint the reader toward the Count’s evil vengeance plan which folds out throughout the novel. In this case, While talking with Albert de Morcerf, the Count speaks horrible words on how he would inflict revenge on his enemies. He tells Albert that it would
Foreshadowing has been used throughout the ages of literature revealing horroriffic endings and scheming love, helping the reader from being to overly surprised by the outcomes. Many writers use this technique of writing utilizing its ability to add so much more meaning to a novel. As in the age of Elizabethans, directors and actors caged this skill exploiting it when ever thought necessary. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare utilizes foreshadowing to keep the audience from becoming to upset by the tragic outcome. He also uses it to display Romeo's and Juliet's enduring love for one another.
One example of foreshadowing is Sydney Carton’s promise to Lucie that he will do anything for Lucy or any dear to Lucie. At the beginning of the novel when Stryver brought up to Carton his love for Lucie, “Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate, drank it by the bumpers, looking at his friend” (129). The fact that Sydney began drinking quickly gave the clue that Carton is developing a love for Lucie. Earlier we know this fits because of Stryver and Carton’s conversation at the Old Bailey. Carton says, “[W]ho made the Old Bailey a judge of beauty? She was a golden haired doll!” (84). These two quotes show that Sydney Carton has feelings for Lucie. When Charles Darnay marries Lucie, Carton’s feelings do not waver. “For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything” Carton says (141). This promise is the key to Carton’s fate, and with this he foreshadows his doom when he follows through with it, costing him his life.
For example, the prophecy of Achilles is one that the reader is reminded of constantly, but never given complete detail on. We are told that Achilles will be the greatest warrior, and that he will one day be killed by Hector, who is second only to Achilles in the art of fighting. This is mentioned at the beginning of the book, and then continuously throughout. And, of course, the prophecy comes true, but not as it is expected to. Since Hector is the second best soldier in the war, he can be killed only by Achilles. Therefore, Achilles vows not to kill Hector, telling Patroclus, “Well, why should I kill him? He’s done nothing to me” (171). As the war goes on, this becomes both a joke and a reassurance for the boys, reminding them that their time is not up. A new prophecy comes as the war rages on, promising that “the best of the Myrmidons will die before two more years have passed” (264). It is then clarified that Achilles will be alive when this happens. Both men shrug off this prediction, believing that it can’t be about either of them. But when Patroclus goes into battle, he, “the best of the Myrmidons”, is killed, by none other than Hector. As Patroclus’ prophecy comes to pass, Achilles follows close behind, as now, Hector has done something to him, and he seeks revenge, killing him. Now vulnerable, he is able to be shot by Paris as the prophecy comes true. The clever use of foreshadowing keeps the reader interested in how things play out while also giving them an idea of what could happen, leaving them excited to continue reading and see if they’re