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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 46: The Cockpit
Explanation and Analysis—Among Nations:
At the cockfight in Chapter 46, the red chicken, "the crowd's darling," defeats the larger white one, though both bleed out and die at the end of the fight. So the "judge" has to rule on which one wins the fight, ruling by decision. Since "the underdog won," the crowd erupts in jubilation, which the author develops into a metaphor:
Then the judge, in accordance with what the government prescribes, declares the red one the victor. A savage shouting greets this judgement, heard throughout the town, prolonged, steady, long-lasting. Whoever hears it from afar knows that the underdog has won; if not the jubilation would have been shorter. This is what happens among nations. When a small one defeats a big one, they relate the tale for centuries and centuries.
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