In the short story, “Wine on the Desert” by Max Brand, the author uses several literary devices to foreshadow the death of the main character, Durante, at the end of the story. To foreshadow an event is to subtly warn or indicate the reader of an upcoming event. One device used to assist in the foreshadowing was repetition. At the beginning of the story, Durante’s friend, Tony, explains what the death of a starving man would be like. He states “When you die of thirst you always die just one way. First you tear off our shirt, then you break your nails in the sand. You tear the flesh off the tips of your fingers, to the bone,” (Brand, p.105). Tony’s description of his father’s death foreshadows Durante’s death because it illustrates the type