Examples Of Foreshadowing In To Kill A Mockingbird

Although this story ends on a good note, with the antagonist, Bob Ewell, dead and Scout and Jem being okay after the attack on Halloween night, I felt that the plot lacked a denouement because when the story ended, it left many unanswered questions. An example of a something that I wanted to know was what happened after Jem woke up. I wanted to know how he found out what happened and if he met Boo Radley to thank him. If this part was known to the reader, the ending would have left the reader satisfied knowing that Jem woke up and interacted with Boo, which I’m sure many readers would have anticipated since the beginning. Another example of a part that I wanted to know the result of was the lives of the Ewell kids after Bob Ewell’s death. I

This is because this set of chapters focuses on the rising action, the climax, and the falling action or in other words, before, during, and after the Tom Robinson trial. An example of foreshadowing I found was when Atticus told Jem and Scout not to come downtown on the day of the trial. This is foreshadowing because it hinted that Jem and Scout were going to go, despite Atticus’s warning and it was obvious that they were going to go because the protagonist, Scout, is the narrator and the reader knows that she has to see it to narrate it the way she had narrated the parts of the plot before the trial. Another example of foreshadowing is seen when Bob Ewell spat on Atticus following the trial and told him he would get him if it took the rest of his life. This is foreshadowing because it hinted that Mr. Ewell would exact revenge on Atticus indirectly, which he did later on when he attacked Scout and Jem on Halloween, only to be killed by Boo Radley. Another example of a literary term I found was dramatic irony when Scout, Jem, and Dill go to the courthouse without Atticus, Aunt Alexandra, and Calpurnia knowing. When Miss Maudie tells Scout and Jem why she wouldn’t be going to the trial, she describes it as being like a Roman carnival, using a simile. Her description compares the trial’s cruelty to that of a Roman carnival’s, where the Romans would gather together to see a Christian, or, in this story, black, person get tortured for their own entertainment. Another simile is seen when Scout describes what Judge Taylor looked like at the beginning of the trial: “Judge Taylor was on the bench, looking like a sleepy old shark, his pilot fish writing rapidly below in front of him.” This quote shows how bored Judge Taylor seems to be at the trial. When Mr. Ewell describes how Mayella screamed when he saw her, he says she was “screamin’