The foreshadowing in this chapter comes in the early part of the chapter. When Howard Campbell comes to talk to the prisoners the night before the bombing of Dresden (this is only known to the reader and narrator), the "air-raid sirens of Dresden howled mournfully" (164). However, this is actually a false alarm and there is nothing wrong at all. The way he describes the alarms setting off is very unsettling. He says that they 'howl mournfully' as opposed to saying that they 'went off' to show just how much of a terrible fate the people are about to undergo the very next night.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Foreshadowing
The foreshadowing in this chapter comes in the early part of the chapter. When Howard Campbell comes to talk to the prisoners the night before the bombing of Dresden (this is only known to the reader and narrator), the "air-raid sirens of Dresden howled mournfully" (164). However, this is actually a false alarm and there is nothing wrong at all. The way he describes the alarms setting off is very unsettling. He says that they 'howl mournfully' as opposed to saying that they 'went off' to show just how much of a terrible fate the people are about to undergo the very next night.
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