The narrator is foreshadowing the fire at the end of paragraph two in the story ‘The Leap’, written by Louise Erdrich.
What is foreshadowing?
- Foreshadowing is a literary method in which a writer employs clues in form of words, phrases, and sentences to indicate a future occurrence without giving away the storyline.
- This approach adds to the suspense and drama of the tale as it unfolds.
What details foreshadow the fire?
- Details like “I hear the crackle,” “the stitches burn,” and “a thread of fire” at the conclusion of paragraph two hint at the impact of the fire that the narrator will describe in the short story's conclusion.
Thus, in the short story "The Leap", the fire is foreshadowed by the narrator's memory of the smell of smoke and crackle of flame.
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