Foreshadowing In Rikki Tavi And The Elevator

Rikki Tikki Tavi and The Elevator are both stories that portray unexpected frights from a mongoose to a small boy. Both stories are filled with suspense and twists and turns. The story Rikki Tikki Tavi is about a mongoose who goes through harm's way to protect the people he cares about, there were a few snakes he had to go through in order to help the people he cared about. The Elevator is a novel based on a boy named Martin who is scared of elevators and would never dare to ride on one alone, there would always be this chubby lady in the elevator who Martin was also scared but he had to push through his fear. In the stories Rikki Rikki Tavi and The Elevator by Rudyar Kilpling and Willam Sleator, both authors use third person point of view

In the text it states, ‘ “Who is Nag?” said he. “I am Nag. The great god Brahm put his mark upon all our people when the first cobra spread his hood to keep the sun off Brahm as he slept. Look, and be afraid!” ’ (Kipling, 81). The author uses foreshadowing by introducing Nag and saying “I am Nag.” as well as “Look and be afraid!”. When nag says “look and be afraid” the reader knows there is going to be intense behaviour coming from them in the near future especially because a cobra and a mongoose are natural enemies. Nag saying this just heated things more though the reader doesn’t know what’s going to happen exactly in the near future. They only have an idea about what’s going to happen in the future. By doing this the author is building suspense. When the author uses foreshadowing in their texts, they want the reader to think about what's going to happen in the book later on. In Rikki Tikki Tavi the author is trying to get the reader to think about what’s going to happen between Nag and Rikki Tikki Tavi in the future. The reader’s curiosity may lead to different emotions like being excited, anxious, or uncertain about what is going to take place in the book later. This is showing how the author is using foreshadowing to build up suspense in his story. Additionally, the author Willam Senator also uses foreshadowing in his story to make it better. An example from the text, “Of course he was always uncomfortable in elevators, afraid that they would fall, but this on was especially unpleasant. Perhap this was because of the poor lighting and the dirty walls. Perhaps it was because of the door, which never stayed open long enough, and slammed shut with a loud clangin noise. Perhaps it was the way the elevator shuddered each time it left a floor, as if it was exhausted. Maybe it was simply too small. It seemed crowded even with only two people in it” (Sleator, 01). This text shows the author