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Examples Of Suspense And Foreshadow

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First, the author uses literary devices to create foreshadowing to create suspense. An example of this is when the text read, “He seemed all head, with a tiny body that was red and shriveled like an old man's. (1)”. The type of literary device found in this quote is called a simile. A simile is comparing two things using “like” or “as”. In this quote Doodle's brother is comparing his looks to the shriveled face of an old man. Doodle was born different and is not like the other people around him, and for the longest time being different was not a celebrated thing, it was frowned upon. This is the start creating the foreshadowing of Doodle living a troublesome tiresome life, that may end fatally. The second example of a literary device that …show more content…

Don't leave me!"(1).This quote was Doodle’s response to his brother showing him his coffin. Doodle is distraught at the sight of his coffin, he kept repeating the word “leave”, like he knew his brother would leave him. This is weird because when someone is told that they will die, their response is “I don’t want to leave” not “brother don’t leave me”, and Doodle is the one to die not his brother. This foreshadows the fact that Doodle’s brother will leave him, he will leave him to fight the storm himself.Another, example of foreshadowing and suspense being shown through word choice is when the text stated for the second time” I heard Doodle cry out, "Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave me!"(4). The theory that the first quote for a foreshadowing has been proven accurate. The word that sticks out again is “leave”. Doodle’s brother does end up leaving him, he leaves him to die in a storm by himself even after Doodle begged him to stay and not leave him. This quote foreshadows how Doodles brother will forever “leave” him because Doodle will be dead. The last example of the author's word choice creating either suspense or foreshadowing is when the text stated,” There is inside me (and with sadness I have seen it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love.”(1). The words knot and stream are what stick out the most because they were not words that were said when it came to describing anything related to Doodle. Doodle’s brother has always been ashamed of Doodle, never liked him, and thought that he was going to die, so for him to feel guilt, or positive emotion towards him is strange and out of character for him. Doodle when he showed Doodle his coffin…he felt guilt. When he helped his brother learn to walk…he felt guilt, knowing that he did not do it

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