Essay Archive - Foreshadowing and Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer
Foreshadowing and Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A
Great Writer
" 'Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself.' 'I hope
I never will,' she [Jordan] answered. 'I hate careless people. That's
why I like you.' " (Fitzgerald, pg. 63) Jordan is explaining to Nick how
she is able to drive badly as long as everyone else drives carefully.
This quote represents the writing technique of foreshadowing, which is being
used in one of its finest form. Fitzgerald is foreshadowing to chapter ....
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