Find another example of foreshadowing in A Separate Peace. First, provide a quotation and page number that shows your example of foreshadowing. Then, explain the effect the foreshadowing has on you as a reader. Please write at least one paragraph. Bonus points for students who respond to other students!
If you need help finding an example, I found a few between pages 11 and 14!
I am not sure, but I think that one example of foreshadowing in the book, "A Separate Peace" is on page 11: "So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all." In this quote, the narrator is referring to a specific tree. I think it's an example of foreshadowing because the tree may become an important part of the book as we go on reading.
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ReplyDeleteGood quotation to find! I wonder if anyone (or even you, Simone!) can add to this explanation of what is being foreshadowed...
"At that time it had never occurred to me to say, "I don't feel like it tonight" which was the plain truth every night." (p.35)
ReplyDeleteI think that this is one example of foreshadowing in 'A Separate Piece' because it makes the reader wonder whether later on in the story, it does occur to him to tell Finny that he just doesn't feel like going to the meetings. It draws the reader to the conclusion that something will change between the two friends, perhaps leading to Gene's realization that he doesn't always have to do as Finny says.
Alice--
ReplyDeleteI like that you mentioned that the quotation makes you feel like something will change between the two friends--that part of your explanation really shows me that this IS indeed an example of foreshadowing.
Simone -
ReplyDeleteI think you chose a really challenging example of foreshadowing. I personally don't understand what is being foreshadowed, or what the author means by that line.
In response to your comment Alice, in my example the protagonist, Gene is looking at a tree and he does so by saying something strange: " So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all." I think that this phrase will be explained later on, and without any doubt the tree probably plays an important part in the story later on.
ReplyDelete'But something held me back.Perhaps i was stopped by that level of feeling deeper then thought, which contains the truth'
ReplyDeleteI think this could be a potential example of foreshadowing, even though it is not written as one, i think the topic is that Gene and finny are friends and when Finny tells Gene that he is his best friend, and Gene cannot sat the same, in his honesty.
I should have told him then that he was my best friend also and rounded off what he had said. I started to; I nearly did. But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth. (pg 40)
ReplyDeleteI think this is an example of foreshadowing because it makes the reader wonder why Gene is hesitant to tell us what happened. This sentence leads up to the next chapter where Gene explains why he did not want to call Finny his best friend. When I read this statement made by Gene, lots of thoughts ran through my head in predicting what will happen next. The fact that it was in the end of the chapter made it even more mysterious. I felt as though the story has a lot more to tell. One of the questions that ran through my head was: Why did he stop himself halfway before telling Finny” I feel that Gene had convinved himself that Finy was his best friend, but yet at that moment he knew what he really felt. So, I feel that this example of foreshadowing can change the entire plot of the book and the reader's view of Gene's character. :)
I think this is an example of foreshadowing because it makes the reader wonder why Gene is hesitant to tell us what happened. This sentence leads up to the next chapter where Gene explains why he did not want to call Finny his best friend. When I read this statement made by Gene, lots of thoughts ran through my head in predicting what will happen next. The fact that it was in the end of the chapter made it even more mysterious. I felt as though the story has a lot more to tell. One of the questions that ran through my head was: Why did he stop himself halfway before telling Finny” I feel that Gene had convinced himself that Finny was his best friend, but yet at that moment he knew what he really felt. So, I feel that this example of foreshadowing can change the entire plot of the book as well as the reader's view on Gene's character.
ReplyDeleteAn example of foreshadowing is "I was damned if I'd climb it". This is on page 11. It is foreshadowing because he is thinking ahead and assesses the situation before he takes action and he sees danger in it.Foreshadowing affects the reader because it lets you see how the character thinks. It also gets you thinking about what the character said. I think foreshadowing is a good tool to use in writing because it welcomes the reader into the story and lets the reader really think instead of just read.
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ReplyDeleteI read that quotation from the book as I was looking for one to use. And at the time I didn't think it was foreshadowing but now that I read your explanation I think it could be.
I believe it is foreshadowing when gene describes Finny as looking dead. Could this mean that he Finny will die? I think that this is a great possibility, as even before in an earlier chapter Gene sais he has a feeling tht something terrible will happen. Also, in the beggining of the story, Gene sais he remembers a feer back when he whent to school here. Could this be related to Finnnys upcoming death.
ReplyDeletepg. 51, paragraph 2