Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Revolt Of Mother

The “Revolt of Mother” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman is a story based in the time 1852-1930. The “Revolt of Mother” meets many criteria when it comes to good literature. The story the “Revolt of Mother” meet three main criteria when it comes to good literature. These three criteria are, the story should show some sort of foreshadowing, the story should prove a point or life lesson, and the story should keep the reader engaged. When it comes to pieces of good literature showing some sort of foreshadowing, it can be hidden and hard to find. When it comes to the story “Revolt of Mother” some of the foreshadowing is easy to find. In the “Revolt of Mother”, the mother Sarah talks about how Adoniram the father promised her that he would build her a house in years’ time forty years ago. This shows foreshadowing because she talks about the house and how Adoniram said he was going to build it where he was building the new barn. Sarah tries to convince Adoniram to build a new house, even after the new barn is being built. Sarah really wants a new house and she is trying to get the point across to Adoniram. She tries to convince him, but it does not

A good way to keep the reader engaged in a story is to create suspense. In the story, the “Revolt of Mother” has some great examples of creating suspense. For example, we do not learn about what is being built until later on in the story. This keeps the reader wondering and guessing. Towards the end of the story when Adoniram leaves to get the new horse Sarah tells the kids to pack up their belongings and does not tell them why. The begin moving everything from the house into the new barn. This creates suspense because the audience does not know how Adoniram is going to react when he returns home. Keeping the reader engaged throughout the story is a very important criterion because you do not want the reader to get bored and stop reading the