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 help 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