Sunday, June 1, 2014

Foreshadowing

This novel does a great job at foreshadowing and providing clues about whats about to happen in the book. While reading the  book I started wondering about some of these clues, and then after reading the ending it was confirmed. While I was reading the part when Oliver first arrives at Mr. Brownlow's house, there seems to be quite the amount of emphasis over the comparison between Oliver and a portrait of a lady in the house. This then came to my attention that this woman is probably related to Oliver because we have yet to find out the whole truth of Oliver's family and why he was left alone when he was born. At first, I thought that this would a picture of his mother, but if that was true then she should have been somewhat wealthy. Then I thought of the possibility that this might be a woman from Oliver's dad side of the story since we yet to have any insight about him. If this is true, that the woman is somehow related to Oliver, then it would make sense that Oliver is supposed to be from a wealthy family. I then predicted that Oliver would either find his family and live with a very wealthy inheritance or live with Mr. Brownlow, because it also seems that Mr. Brownlow is the first and only adult from the book who has shown to have a shred of sympathy and kindness towards Oliver despite hardly knowing him. I thought that Mr. Brownlow could be Oliver's father but apparently I was believed to be incorrect. However, my predictions were still somewhat correct because in the end they did reveal Oliver's true family to be from a wealthy establishment and Mr. Brownlow did end up taking care of Oliver and becoming his father figure.

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