"'You ask me how I want to die today,' Kenny said, 'I'll tell you burn me at the stake.'"
(p. 189)
As I poured through the text looking for a simile or some simple imagery I could tie into the story, I found this. I must have just glazed over it the first times I read it. This is really significant. The quote, when looked at in its surrounding text, is actually really random. Kenny's statement comes from nowhere and no thought or consideration is given to it. It's just out of place which is why I just read right over it until now. This quote foreshadow's the events to come. While it is unclear whether Kenny actually dies or not, it is implied that he does. While I don't think Kenny ever thought such an event would pass, the author slips in this clandestine hint towards how the story will unfold. Instead of burning, however, Kenny freezes. Whether this is significant in some way, I'm not entirely sure, but I do know that this forshadows the future suspected death of Kenny. If anyone says they picked up on this the first time they read the story, I won't believe you.
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