Foreshadowing In Breaking Bad
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Blake Doubleday
EN 101
October 29, 2013
When Walt Breaks Bad
Breaking Bad has become a highly popular show across America over the past few years.
The series is an intense action/drama film that uses extreme events to entertain viewers.
Breaking Bad could not easily be compared to other shows because the basis of the show is so unique. Bryan Cranston produces and stars in the show as Walter White, the protagonist who develops cancer at the beginning of the show. The writers of Breaking Bad use the introductions to new characters, plot twists, and foreshadowing to critically analyze what it means to “break bad”, or to take matters into ones on hands, as they watch Walter White transform from high school chemistry teacher to mass meth producer. …show more content…
This foreshadows Jesse’s murder of Gale, because when he points the gun at Gale’s forehead, and red dot appears just like the video game Jesse had been playing. After the killing, Jesse cannot get the image out of his mind as he returns to playing the game. Later on, Walter White is shown sitting in his backyard staring at the plant of poisonous berries. The berries seem random at the time, but the image of berries remains in the minds of viewers. Although at the current time Walt was on good terms with Jesse , their relationship soon goes on the fritz again. Jesse has slowly been cooperating with Walt less and less over time, so Walt decides to take the berries and use them to poison Jesse’s girlfriend’s son, Brock. The viewers never see this coming, so this usage of foreshadowing is effective and again asks viewers to define when Walter breaks bad. The final use of foreshadowing give viewers the clearest understanding of how Walter breaks bad. During the final episode, a reflection in a car showed a bullet hole in the middle of Walt’s head which foreshadows his death. Walter White breaks bad when he gives up his life to fight for his meth
Blake Doubleday
EN 101
October 29, 2013
When Walt Breaks Bad
Breaking Bad has become a highly popular show across America over the past few years.
The series is an intense action/drama film that uses extreme events to entertain viewers.
Breaking Bad could not easily be compared to other shows because the basis of the show is so unique. Bryan Cranston produces and stars in the show as Walter White, the protagonist who develops cancer at the beginning of the show. The writers of Breaking Bad use the introductions to new characters, plot twists, and foreshadowing to critically analyze what it means to “break bad”, or to take matters into ones on hands, as they watch Walter White transform from high school chemistry teacher to mass meth producer. …show more content…
This foreshadows Jesse’s murder of Gale, because when he points the gun at Gale’s forehead, and red dot appears just like the video game Jesse had been playing. After the killing, Jesse cannot get the image out of his mind as he returns to playing the game. Later on, Walter White is shown sitting in his backyard staring at the plant of poisonous berries. The berries seem random at the time, but the image of berries remains in the minds of viewers. Although at the current time Walt was on good terms with Jesse , their relationship soon goes on the fritz again. Jesse has slowly been cooperating with Walt less and less over time, so Walt decides to take the berries and use them to poison Jesse’s girlfriend’s son, Brock. The viewers never see this coming, so this usage of foreshadowing is effective and again asks viewers to define when Walter breaks bad. The final use of foreshadowing give viewers the clearest understanding of how Walter breaks bad. During the final episode, a reflection in a car showed a bullet hole in the middle of Walt’s head which foreshadows his death. Walter White breaks bad when he gives up his life to fight for his meth