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Definition of Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. Foreshadowing can be achieved directly or indirectly, by making... read full definition
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. Foreshadowing can be achieved... read full definition
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the... read full definition
Key Examples in Half Broke Horses
Chapter 3
Explanation and Analysis—A Gamble on Ted:
In Chapter 3, when Lily meets her first husband, Ted, he draws her into a world of vices, foreshadowing the eventual decline of their relationship:
I smoked my first cigarette, drank my first glass of champagne, and played my first game of dice. Ted loved dice.
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Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis—Freeing the Horses:
In Chapter 5, Walls foreshadows her mother's life in The Glass Castle by showing Rosemary feeling bad for the half-broke horses being herded:
Unlock with LitCharts A+I stood there watching them with Rosemary. “I feel bad for the horses,” she said. “They just want to be free.”
“In this life,” I said, “hardly anyone gets to do what they want to do.”
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