Old Ben And Fox Hunt By Lensey Namiok Literary Analysis

The Stories “Old Ben” by Jesse Stuart and “Fox Hunt” by Lensey Namioka use the elements of Foreshadowing and Flashbacks to develop interesting plots. “Old Ben” is a story about a family who hates snakes, but eventually learns to like them from their new pet snake Ben who ends up dying. “Fox Hunt” is about a boy who has a PSAT coming up and nobody wants to study with him, so a fox comes and helps him study. The stories have many similarities and differences involving flashbacks and foreshadowing.
The stories both have many similarities. Foreshadowing in both stories is used to create suspense. In “Old Ben” the boy says the only good snake is a dead snake which leaves the reader in suspense. The story “Fox Hunt” uses suspense by giving Andy unexplainable