Notice that in paragraph 9, the narrator uses foreshadowing. what is the effect of this hinting at events to come? highlight other hints or foreshadowing provided by the narrator. here is paragraph 9: one day returns to me with special clarity for some reason, perhaps because it was the beginning of the experience that in some inexplicable way marked the end of innocence. i was loafing under the great oak tree in our yard, deep in some reverie which i have now forgotten, except that it involved some secret, secret thoughts of one of the harris boys across the yard. joey and a bunch of kids were bored now with the old tire suspended from an oak limb, which had kept them entertained for a while.

The examples of foreshadowing in paragraph nine are the following:

Foreshadowing is the literary effect in which the author suggests certain development of events that might happen later in the story. As a result, it motivates the reader to continue the account and prepares him or her for future outcomes of the text.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job