Chapter 3: Foreshadowing

“There was another long silence, with the colonel dying and dying, drowning where he stood” (Vonnegut 48). This is an example of foreshadowing in the novel because Kurt Vonnegut is informing the audience that “Wild Bob” was in very bad condition and was about to die. Vonnegut doesn’t try to hide the fact that he is going to die because of the way he phrased it “with the colonel dying and dying.” He also informs the reader on how he will die too. He will suffocate or drown in his own blood. By saying “drowning where he stood,” this leads me to believe that he must have internal bleeding occurring. A few pages later it is revealed that “Wild Bob” does in fact die.