Blog 28: Interpreter of Maladies

1. On page sixteen of Lahiri's short story, Mr. Kapasi makes observations of the Das's children: "Mr. Kapasi noted that this boy was slightly paler than the other children" (16). What is "foreshadowing"? Why does the author focus on this moment and how does it foreshadow what may occur in the story? What did you first suspect when you read this line?

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Foreshadowing is the act of giving hints in the story before the actual event(s) happen. When Mr. Kapasi noted something about the boy looking pale, this foreshadows that he is not feeling good and might throw-up. The boy seems like he does not know what's going on with the driving. I thought that the boy was going to throw-up when i read this line because before it says that the bumps were making the car rock up and down