Blog 5: The Interpreter of Maladies

Foreshadowing is a technique used by authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later. The author focus on this moment ("Mr.Kapasi noted that this boy was slightly paler than the other children (16)") because she is predicting that the boy may be sick. We can say this because maladies means sickness or illness. I predict that they boy will become ill and may possibly die.