Alas, Babylon
How does the author use foreshadowing in Alas, Babylon?
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The description of Randy's car stops amazingly short of being complimentary. Through his use of personification, the author tells us that the new car is a gas guzzler...... foreshadowing its future uselessness.
"Randy got into his new Bonneville. It was a sweet car, a compromise between a sports job and a hard top, long, low, very fast, and a lot of fun, even though its high-compression engine drank premium fuel in quantity."
Alas, Babylon