Nadine Gordimer weaves many examples of foreshadowing into "Once Upon a Time." The frame story introduces the concept of fear.
As the bedtime story begins, readers learn the family is "living happily ever after." Since such wording usually describes the end, not the beginning, of a story, readers know the happiness cannot last, or there would not be any story at all. The reference to the parents' fencing the swimming pool so the boy won't "fall in and drown" foreshadows the boy's death in his own yard. The early appearance of a "wise old witch" also portends some sort of evil curse or ill fortune. When the second paragraph of the bedtime story explains "it was not possible to insure the house. . . against riot damage," readers suspect such an event may occur. This foreshadowed event never happens; instead, it is the desire to "insure against. . . damage" that becomes the destructive force in the family's life.
The cat that keeps setting off the alarm acts as a bad omen as well. Cats and witches often portend evil, and in this case, the fact that the cat can scale the wall and get through the bars predicts that the home is not yet fully secure. The installation of the "Dragon's Teeth" fencing that makes their home look like a concentration camp, and the wife's first contradiction ("You're wrong") give a feeling of foreboding as the end of the story nears. Now the cat sleeps on the bed, yet the husband's calm assurance that "cats always look before they leap" makes readers anticipate that the cat is wiser than his human owners, and that they are leaping into danger that they haven't fully considered.
The foreshadowing Gordimer uses helps readers stay engaged with the story as they anticipate a non-traditional ending to this "bedtime story."
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The scene between Whit and Slim, about Bill Tenner shows that they are ignorant and inexperience characters as they get distracted from the work they were about to do.
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'Of Mice and Men' is a novella written by John Steinbeck. The novella is about two ranch workers - George and Lennie, set during the time of the Great Depression.
In Chapter 3 of the novella, Whit and Slim share a conversation about Bill Tenner. The conversation begin when Whit show Slim a letter published in Pulp Magazine, by Bill Tenner. Bill Tenner used to co-work with Whit in a ranch and seeing his letter published in Pulp Magazine is seen as a great achievement of Bill Tenner by Whit.
Yet, this scene reveals ignorance and inexperience of these characters as they got distracted from Candy's problem. Candy is about to get separated from his dog, who is old and has to been shot so that he didn't get hurt while dying. Carlson, Candy, and Slim were talking about this issue when Whit brings his own conversation in between, which clearly shows that these characters are ignorant and inexperience.
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how did technology influenced video games to developed over time
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