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However, later in this story you find out that these details mean much more than just what occupations the characters hold. For example, John works on a high floor in his building that he describes by saying, “…I’m up so high, on a good day, you can see Europe” (Leight 862). Lyris’s brother, also works as a security guard in that building. Another way that Leight uses foreshadowing is in simple details within the character’s lives. Kearrie has a plane ticket for the following day, Leslie dates cops, and Nick reveals that he lives downtown. All of these things may seem irrelevant when they are brought up. However, in the end of the story, after the date is revealed, they add up to be very relevant. At the end of the story it is revealed to the readers that this story takes place on the day before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. This information makes those minor irrelevant details important to the storyline. When these facts are put in to context, John working on a high floor, Lyris’s brother’s job, and Nick living downtown put them all in the middle of the attacks on the next day.

The first scene that introduces Dave was him sleeping in his car with a huge mess and he gets woken up by a bunch of kids hitting his car, he got up and the first thing that you hear is bear bottles clanging around at his feet. This first scene of Dave just shows that his life is not going very well and that he is most likely an alcoholic. Dave then got out of his car with no pants on and walked into the

Besides the fact that he is provoking in the box, he is far braver than he should have been. Whitey said: “ he is too cool in there. Guy’s first time in the box and he is not even sweating” (Eastwood). Whitey has missed that this is not his first time in a box; Dave has been in box that is far worse than this. It is hard not to bring up the fact that he was a minor celebrity when he came back from the cell, after the severe harm people didn’t allow time for him to heal up. He has to face the harm and face people who celebrate about it. Both of the facts result in his brave personality but both facts has been cut out in the film. So viewers don’t know any of these unless they read the book. Also these two facts obviously relate to his splitting personality: he has to pretend to be somebody else to face all the harms. But the viewers of the film don’t fully understand the reason either.

Larson’s novel, Devil in the White City, is riddled with intricately placed examples of foreshadowing that, mixed with multiple flashbacks, helps to fabricate a story with a timeline meant to entice the reader and, in a way, create a puzzle of a story, every chapter adding more and more pieces. Perhaps the most remarkable instance of foreshadowing is when Larson alludes that Prendergast not loading the first chamber of his gun will be of importance later on. This simple detail leaves the reader wondering what will follow and who, if anyone, will be at the receiving end of Prendergast’s trigger. The primary purpose of this specific instance of foreshadowing is to redirect the attention of the reader from the serial killings of H. H. Holmes to the unexpected turn of events surrounding the mayor’s murder. This, mixed with the overlying

The author uses Foreshadowing for a number of different reasons including giving background information, to show the character’s motivation, to build a mood and to get the reader’s predicting. One of the most important craft moves that the author uses throughout the book is foreshadowing. “The temporary rose tattoo on his left biceps showed below his sleeve, but the slight bulge of the handgun in his shoulder holster was barely noticeable under his shirt.”(page 3) In the beginning of the book, by using foreshadowing the author achieves the goal of building a mood. When she does this, she makes it seem as if something bad is about to happen. It creates a very suspenseful and eerie mood. Another goal the author achieves by using foreshadowing in the beginning of the book is to provide the reader’s with background information. When the author talks about

Both stories suggest on a personal level that the mind is uncharted and difficult to understand. We see Claire working at self-discovery. David too has to navigate through his emotions; his grief to find some middle ground with Claire.

At this point, Dave is two different people. One is the normal, cheerful, and innocent Dave. The other, is what Dave refers to as: “The Boy who’d escaped from Wolves.” (Lehane 300) whom is the one that is suffering from the trauma. Fast forward a little bit and Dave is brought on to kill a pedophile by The Boy.

In the prologue, he writes by beginning with the end of the entire story. This feels as though he is foreshadowing to events that lead up to the end of the story. Once the reader has read the prologue, an idea is formed in their mind that leads them to predict what may happen to lead up to the end of the story. Larson also foreshadows when writing about Prendergast. Although Prendergast isn’t discussed much, the description of him seems quite important. The author doesn’t specifically designate how Prendergast is involved with Burnham or Holmes, however clearly he will become an important character later in the book. The only information given about him early on is that he wrote a letter to the Alfred Trude. This leads the reader to understand that later in the story Prendergast will become an important

Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men, have many examples of foreshadowing, which is a warning or an indication of something about to happen, just like the series of events leading up to the fight between Lennie and Curley. He uses small gestures or actions such as eye contact, smart remarks, etc. Steinbeck first displays his usage of foreshadowing in Chapter one, when he gives a hint, that Lennie will be the trouble starter in the book. George states, "A' you ain't gonna do no bad things like you done in Weed, neither.

Chapters 5, 6, and 7 were really emotional chapters to read. The abuse that Dave experiences becomes incredibly harsh and heartbreaking. Chapter 5 is titled The Accident. Dave is home for the summer, which means he is constantly surrounded by his mother and the abuse 24/7. School being out means that Dave does not receive the small amount of food from school like he used to. One night the mother grabs a knife and tells Dave that he has so much time to finish the dishes and if not she would kill him. Something felt different to Dave with this threat. Something made the mom lose her balance and the knife went flying into Dave’s stomach. Dave immediately loses consciousness, the mom bandages him up. Dave hopefully thinks that this will change things for him. But

The beginning of the book talks about what it was like before things went horrifyingly wrong. The family took vacations together, his mother was a loving mother and wife, and Dave's father was his hero. This eventually changed, as did everything in Dave's life. His father never turned out to be his hero, but a drunken firefighter who left him, and at times he wished his mother dead. When the torture and abuse began it was minimal, Dave describes it in the book as punishment instead of discipline but as the book progressed so does the intensity. As the story progresses Dave's feelings are expresses, he speaks of his mother, as either "The Bitch" or just "Mother" there is absolutely no love in the way he speaks of her at all. His anger is also expressed and shown in way he talks about his, once beloved hero, his father and his brothers.

Despite his pain and misery Dave manages to change his fate and turn his life around. He does this by having a positive attitude, faith and a strong willpower to survive. As the

In “Montana 1948”, Larry Watson uses the character David Hayden to illustrate the theme of growing up. In the book, David described the summer of 1948 as events that yanked him from his innocence and his ignorance. With my project I acted as David and wrote journal entries for three pivotal events that slowly changed David and made him think differently. The first thing I brought up was the beginning of seeing him grow up. This is when David started getting more sexually aware of Marie and his Aunt Gloria. He started thinking of them as beautiful which scared him and made him feel guilty for thinking that way. The second thing I showed is when David started recognizing the true meaning of evil after realizing that his Uncle Frank, who he thought

as a sign of strength, responsibility, and courage as well as the sarcastic results of achieving this hope. His further loss of self-importance and independence drove him to break from the setting that ridicules him to try to be more successful through gaining wisdom and independence.The story is well thought out Dave’s seek for a gun that he bought for only two dollars,

Readers are given an invaluable source of background information and context in the first portion of the novel, which allows for readers to have a starting point to work off of in regards to understanding what obstacles destiny will throw at the characters during the rest of their mission. For instance, Marlow is described in depth and the novel illustrates his development from one perspective to another as he grapples with the vast spectrum and realities of humankind. While the journey unfolds, imagery also begins to become a key role in moving the storyline along and providing crucial