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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
Chapter 2
Explanation and Analysis—Change Like Lightning:
Hindsight does not make Shabogeesik’s prophecies any less prescient in Chapter 2. As Saul relays the story of how his great-grandfather introduced horses into their village, he also shares words of caution that have the taste of foreshadowing. His great-grandfather warns his fellow villagers that the horse is only a preview of the future ahead:
A great change will come. It will come with the speed of lightning and it will scorch all our lives. This is what Horse said to me under that great bowl of sky. 'The People will see many things they have never seen before, and I am but one of them' This is what he said to me.
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