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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 20: Nine Months Later
Explanation and Analysis—Dick's Bank Book:
After several months working hard, saving money, and learning to read and write from Fosdick, Dick is well on his way to becoming a respectable young man. Everything seems to be going well for him until Alger uses foreshadowing to hint at Jim Travis's theft of Dick's bank book. Describing Dick's walk home one night, he writes:
But Dick was destined to be surprised, and that in a disagreeable manner, when he reached home.
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