Examples Of Foreshadowing In A Long Way Home

A memoir is a written event that occurred to the author, in a form of a story, memory, or a thing. Saroo Brierley, the author of the memoir “A Long Way Home,” is a tale of a young Indian boy who gets lost one day from home and eventually finds his way back home; from India to Australia and back. This book is labeled as “bittersweet” with either an event beginning on a positive or negative context and ending with either outcome. Foreshadowing is also constantly seen throughout this book, vividly expressing the next term of events. Although, Brierley had a great recollection of his memory in order for him to find his way back home; if it had not been for these memories or the unfortunate events that happened, he would not be the person he is today. …show more content…
Having been lost out there in the world Saroo’s India family was kept under constant worry if he was ever going to return one day. The quote that is most significant to the idea of the story is, “When we had some time to ourselves, we all wept a lot, from happiness but also from the sadness of the time we’d lost.” This quote expresses the basis for the term bittersweet describing that the moral of the story. The time of events that were recollected expressed sadness, but if it had not been for the hopeful determination on of Saroo this reunion would have not occurred. Unfortunately, if Saroo had not followed his brother, Guddu, that night, the existence of his message to the world would have not been