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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
Book 3, Chapter 17
Explanation and Analysis—Taxes:
After watching his subordinate lose a round of Poker, Kazu takes Solomon out and shows him the ways of the world. “You lost on purpose,” Kazu claims. The pep talk that follows serves at once as a metaphor and as foreshadowing:
‘Okay, tough guy,’ Kazu said. ‘Listen, there is a tax, you know, on success.’
‘Huh?’
‘If you do well at anything, you gotta pay up to all the people who did worse. On the other hand, if you do badly, life makes you pay a shit tax, too. Everybody pays something.’
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