Out of the Part B readings, I chose this one because I enjoyed the
foreshadowing. I haven't really written a story with too much foreshadowing,
but I think that this could be a good example of a story to base one off. I
think that foreshadowing is a very strong tool in telling stories, because it
can either go as unimportant in the first mentioning or it can be made a strong
warning. In this case it was a strong warning, which I feel was made perfect by
the King's realization. I felt that by the king explaining his reasoning that
men only fight and kill each other when they are drunk and then coming towards
his ban on wine showed that this was a developed idea. If I am going to write a
foreshadowing that is intentionally supposed to be noticed at first, I think
that it should be explained why this point is being made just as this story
does. One thing that I didn’t like about this story was the change of events
seemed to be very un smooth. I feel that while things did connect, there should
be more description into why certain events take place. This story is a
reminder that if I want to write a story that leads into sub plots, I must
explain how they connect either at the beginning of the end.
In terms of writing my own story and keeping with the dog theme, I
struggle to truly pick such a foreshadowing event. I was thinking that maybe a
dog could be warned not to drink out of the toilet for dogs only get sick from
this action. I’m not necessarily sold on this idea but I think that it could be
great way to foreshadow as well as show symbolism between drinking wine in the
story. I would like for there to be a confrontation involved like the men
fighting and killing each other, but I might just have to settle with a simple
sickness and “I told you so” message.
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| I found this on Flickr. |
Bibliography:
Author: C. A. Kincaid
Year: 1921
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