The word count is only 994, and yet it is a rich and suggestive story. Marquez does not reveal what took place between the Mayor and the dentist, but he skillfully suggests that there was a formidable incident years before.
The foreshadows:
1. false teeth: the Mayor is a false person.
2. collarless striped shirt, a golden stud, suspenders: unbalanced appearance unlike a dentist
3. erect and skinny: negative image
4. the way deaf people have of looking: the dentist does not suit to the dentist office atmosphere. He is foreign to the situation.
5. even when he didn’t need it: he is contemplating
6. pensive buzzards: death
7. Tell him I’m not here: a conflict between the Mayor and the dentist is revealed.
8. So much the better: an intense conflict
9. He hadn’t changed his expression: he is well collected, not upset 10. shoot you: arouse the conflict tension
11. There was a revolver: more intense tension, the dentist is serious 12. His breath is icy: painful, deathlike
13. without anesthesia: the dentist revenges the Mayor by giving him much pain
14. icy void in his kidneys: his kidneys do not function, meaning he is a dirty blooded man
15. Dry your tears: the word “tears” suggests that the dentist has won the conflict.
16. the crumbling ceiling … eggs: the dentist poor house contrasted with the Mayor’s lavish one
17. the same damn thing: the Mayor’s victory over the conflict
18. One of These Days: The title suggests that the dentist and his group will revenge the Mayor one of these days.
The story is a model material which teaches how to use foreshadows and how to lure the readers.
The foreshadows:
1. false teeth: the Mayor is a false person.
2. collarless striped shirt, a golden stud, suspenders: unbalanced appearance unlike a dentist
3. erect and skinny: negative image
4. the way deaf people have of looking: the dentist does not suit to the dentist office atmosphere. He is foreign to the situation.
5. even when he didn’t need it: he is contemplating
6. pensive buzzards: death
7. Tell him I’m not here: a conflict between the Mayor and the dentist is revealed.
8. So much the better: an intense conflict
9. He hadn’t changed his expression: he is well collected, not upset 10. shoot you: arouse the conflict tension
11. There was a revolver: more intense tension, the dentist is serious 12. His breath is icy: painful, deathlike
13. without anesthesia: the dentist revenges the Mayor by giving him much pain
14. icy void in his kidneys: his kidneys do not function, meaning he is a dirty blooded man
15. Dry your tears: the word “tears” suggests that the dentist has won the conflict.
16. the crumbling ceiling … eggs: the dentist poor house contrasted with the Mayor’s lavish one
17. the same damn thing: the Mayor’s victory over the conflict
18. One of These Days: The title suggests that the dentist and his group will revenge the Mayor one of these days.
The story is a model material which teaches how to use foreshadows and how to lure the readers.
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