Read "By the River." Then, go back and identify 3 quotes that foreshadowed its conclusion. For each quote, explain how it revealed a clue about how the short story would end.
1) “Here they were, seven or eight miles from home, no house near, and he stopped the car.” -Helen explains how he never got hot in the car where he had to pull over for no reason. She thought it was weird of him to do that. 2) “I didn’t want him to know. Your mother doesn’t either.” -Helen’s dad doesn’t warnHelens mom and husband that he is picking her up to bring her home. Helen tells him why he didn’t tell them and he said that they don’t need to know. 3) “Helen looked at the side of his face. It was rigid and bloodless behind the tan, as if something inside were shrinking away and leaving just his voice.” -Helen is scared because she never saw her dad like that. The story also mentions that her dad was sweating a lot and he seemed weird like he was drinking and is full of anger.
1) “Here they were, seven or eight miles from home, no house near, and he stopped the car.” -Helen explains how he never got hot in the car where he had to pull over for no reason. She thought it was weird of him to do that. 2) “I didn’t want him to know. Your mother doesn’t either.” -Helen’s dad doesn’t warnHelens mom and husband that he is picking her up to bring her home. Helen tells him why he didn’t tell them and he said that they don’t need to know. 3) “Helen looked at the side of his face. It was rigid and bloodless behind the tan, as if something inside were shrinking away and leaving just his voice.” -Helen is scared because she never saw her dad like that. The story also mentions that her dad was sweating a lot and he seemed weird like he was drinking and is full of anger.