To open this action-filled short story, Connell uses the element of foreshadowing to hint the upcoming events. The name of the island, “Ship-trap Island”, is an example of foreshadowing. This clues in the danger of the island. Another example is the gunshots heard from the boat in paragraph 31. The gunshots foreshadow later events and institute an existence on the island. Lastly, the conversation between Rainsford and Whitney on the boat is a huge instance of foreshadowing. “ ‘... Great sport, hunting.’ ‘Greatest sport in the world’ agreed Rainsford. ‘For the hunter,’ amended Whitney...” (7,8,9) This may be indicating Rainford’s and General’s hunt, where Rainsford is no longer the hunter and he knows what it feels like to be in the opposite
