A LONG WAY GONE: LITERARY ELEMENTS ANALYSIS - ISHMAEL BEAH

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FORESHADOWING

There are several literary devices that pop up at various times in the story. One of the most prevalent ones is foreshadowing, which frequently presents clues of something that will happen later in the novel. Some examples of foreshadowing include:


1. Ishmael is only ten years old at beginning, and his imagination doesn’t have the capacity to understand what refugee children have witnessed. This foreshadows his own haunted and desolate look after war invades his life..........



.......... 10. As Ishmael looks around Laura’s home in the East Village, he doesn’t know or can even imagine that someday it is going to be his home.

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