In the story called "God Sees The Truth but Waits" by Leo Tolstoy, the author foreshadows the main character ,Ivan, troubles by saying that his wife had a bad dream. In the story it says, "All I know is that I had a bad dream. I dreamed you were coming home form the fair, and when you took off your cap, your hair was all grey."The quote shows that his wife had a bad dream about him. She tells him that he shouldn't go on the trip because in her dream when he came come his hair was all white. This is a warning that he shouldn't go on the trip. The dream will probably mean something later in the story.
At the beginning of the story of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, the main character was a young man who is anxious. In the story it says, "If I could free my hands," he thought, "I might pull off the noose and jump into the stream. By diving under the water, I could avoid the bullets. I could swim to the shore, run into the woods, and get home. My home, thank goodness, is still outside their lines. My wife and children are still far away from the enemy." In this quote it is saying that the main character is wishing that he could escape. All of the things that are going through his head is making him sad and happy. He is anxious that he could go home safely to his wife and children.
In Hatchet by Gary Paulsson, the main characters name is Brian and he is angry. In the story, it says, " It was an ugly word, he thought. A tearing, ugly word that meant fights and yelling, lawyers - God, he thought, how he hated lawyers who sat with their comfortable smiles and tried to explain to him in legal terms how all that he lived in was coming apart - and the breaking and shattering of all the solid things." This quote shows that Brian is not happy that his parents got a divorce. It explains that he hates everything that has to do with it. He is angry that his whole world is turning upside down.
