Question

Read the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis.” Within a few months Doodle had learned to walk well and his go-cart was put up in the barn loft (it’s still there) beside his little mahogany coffin. Now, when we roamed off together, resting often, we never turned back until our destination had been reached, and to help pass the time, we took up lying. From the beginning Doodle was a terrible liar and he got me in the habit. Had anyone stopped to listen to us, we would have been sent off to Dix Hill. What does this passage foreshadow? the journey the boys take Doodle’s eventual death the troubles the boys faced Doodle’s blossoming health

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The excerpt presented foreshadows Doodle's eventual death.

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which the author gives a hint about what is to come in the story.

The excerpt mentions "his little mahogany coffin", which his family kept around in the event of Doodle's death due to his birth defects. Furthermore, it mentions Doodle's go-cart being put up in the loft (where it remains to this day). The narrator mentions his improvements on walking, but also says that they had to rest often, signaling Doodle's difficulty to complete the task at hand.