1. Successful Surprises in Literature
In "The Lottery" the first foreshadowing clue is the little boy Bobby Martin "had already stuffed his pockets full of stones"(Jackson 291) Boys filling their pockets with rocks is a normal thing for boys to do but is also a hint and should have had the reader wondering why the boys were filling their pockets with rocks. ... "A stone hit her in the side of the head," (Jackson 301) this simple sentence told the audience what they were waiting for the entire story. ...
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