What are two instances of foreshadowing in the final four paragraphs of chapter 27 in To Kill a Mockingbird?

In the last four paragraphs of Chapter 27, Harper Lee foreshadows Bob Ewell's attack on Jem and Scout. The first instance of foreshadowing happens when Aunt Alexandra hesitates in the middle of explaining why she will not be attending Scout's pageant. Alexandra suddenly stops talking in the middle of her sentence and tells Scout that she feels as if someone has walked over her grave. Alexandra's comment is an old expression that people use when...

In the last four paragraphs of Chapter 27, Harper Lee foreshadows Bob Ewell's attack on Jem and Scout. The first instance of foreshadowing happens when Aunt Alexandra hesitates in the middle of explaining why she will not be attending Scout's pageant. Alexandra suddenly stops talking in the middle of her sentence and tells Scout that she feels as if someone has walked over her grave. Alexandra's comment is an old expression that people use when they experience a sudden, unexplained chill. Scout then mentions that Aunt Alexandra "put away from her whatever it was that gave her a pinprick of apprehension" (Lee, 155). Alexandra's sudden chill is a foreboding sign that something terrible is going to happen.

In the last two sentences of the chapter, Scout writes, "Jem said he would take me. Thus began our longest journey together" (Lee, 156). The audience knows that the walk to the Maycomb high school auditorium is not long, which indicates that Scout's hyperbole is significant. Long journeys are typically arduous and difficult. Scout's comment suggests that her journey will be dangerous, which again foreshadows Bob's attack.