Writer's Craft - Foreshadowing

When Bruce is trying to find the Motilones Indians, he comes across another tribe of Indians called the Yukos. This turned out to be very discouraging for him because it was so hard to learn their language. While he was there he was plagued with lonliness and he tried to leave several times but each time he tried to leave either his mule ran back to the Yukos or else he got so sick that the only choice he had was to go back to them. For him, it proves that God has a purpose for bringing him to the Yukos. In fact, there are many things that prove that God has a plan for what Bruce does throughout his life. In this instance, God wanted Bruce to stay with the Yukos because it would eventually lead them to the Motlinones, whom he had been given the desire to help.

His time with the Yukos foreshadows some of the things that he does when he reaches the Motilones tribe. Some of the time Bruce is with them is very much like how it had been when he was with the Yukos. In a lot of ways, his time with the Yukos prepared him for what it would be like with the Motilones. Things like learning the Yuko language helped a great deal when he began learning the Motilone language even though the two languages have nothing to do with each other. In this way, his time with the Yukos foreshadows some of his time with the Motilones.