This is an example of irony.
It's not parody since the action isn't being dramaticized or made ridiculous, nor is it foreshadowing since there's it's not really suggesting that this later incident will happen. It's also not a metaphor since it's not different things being compared or likened to one another.
A. People read, saw, and heard only what the government desired.
C. Workers were forced to take up farming.
Portugal with arrival of Columbus in 1492