The language of this story is in English, but sometimes incorporates Dutch
and German phrases and names, since it takes place in Holland and Germany.
There are several examples of foreshadowing which frequently present clues
of something that will happen later in the autobiography:
1.) The realization that the people of Haarlem call Casper ten
Boom the Grand Old Man of Haarlem prepares us for his kindly character
and his willing sacrifice of his life to offer aid to those in need.
2.) When Corrie tells us on the day of the anniversary celebration
that she couldn't have known that her kindly old father would end up in
an unmarked grave, it foreshadows Casper's sacrifice of his own life.
3.) When Corrie relates, as she zips to Nollie's house for glasses
for the celebration, that ........
.......... 16.) Willem's final words on his death bed that his
son Kik was very well prepares us for the fact that Kik died at Bergen-Belsen,
but was well now with God.
There are also examples of irony which occurs when something happens,
or is seen, or is heard that we may know, but the characters do not, or
that appears opposite of what is expected.:
1.) A guest at the anniversary celebration says that the Germans
will get the hooligans.......
.......... 7.) Mary Itallie is one of the Jews in hiding when the
raid finally comes. Their greatest fear is that her asthmatic breathing
will give them away, but on the day of the raid, no one hears it.
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