Question

Use the P.I.E. format to answer the following question: How does the symbol of the scarlet ibis function as foreshadowing? Provide at least 2 quotes to support your answer.
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Answer 1

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   Foreshadowing is one of the elements of style which make "The Scarlet Ibis" great.  For example, the author states, "The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted [through] our house, speaking softly the names of our dead."  This passage clearly foreshadows the death of Doodle.  Also, Hurst comments on Doodle's full name, "William Armstrong," that "such a name sounds good only on a tombstone," again foreshadowing Doodle's death.  Later, Doodle's cries of "Don't leave me!  Don't leave me!" are a parallel to the moment when the terrified little boy once again cries out, "Don't leave me!" when his older brother does actually leave him.  Moreover, Aunt Nicey says that red dead birds are very bad luck, foreshadowing Doodle's death again.  Finally, the death of the scarlet ibis, which is so rare and wonderful, like Doodle, is the most important foreshadowing of the small boy's death.  foreshadowing is definitely very important in this story, but two more elements also contribute to the distinction of its style.

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