Comparing Foreshadowing In 'Old Ben And Fox Hunt'

Two useful tools in literature are flashbacks and foreshadowing. In the two stories, “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt”, the authors use foreshadowing and flashback to develop the story. The story “Old Ben” is about a boy who finds a friendly snake and becomes friends with it. “Fox Hunt” is about a kid who meets a girl, and realizes that she is a spirit. Flashbacks are when you see into an event in the past. Foreshadowing is a warning or indication of a future event. Flashbacks and foreshadowing share some similarities. “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt” both use foreshadowing and flashbacks. In “Old Ben” the narrator foreshadows by saying, “The only good snake is a dead one.” In “Fox Hunt”, the author foreshadows when one of the characters has a dream about