Preshadowing
how does this passage foreshadow doodle's death?
odle had learned to walk well
up in the barn loft (it's still there)
y coffin. now, when we roamed
, we never turned back until our
ched, and to pass the time,
te beginning doodle was a
e in the habit.
-"the scarlet ibis,"
james hurst
by describing doodle's little mahogany coffin
by suggesting that only the go-cart is still up in the
barn loft, not the coffin
by indicating that doodle frequently needs to rest
and has trouble reaching his destination