Foreshadowing:inbooksandfilm,ahint--sometimesominous--ofeventstocome
ForeshadowingTrumpexaminesfournovelsandoneshortshorythatpre-date--thatforeshadow--Trump:
HermanMelville'slastnovel,TheConfidence-man:HisMasquerade,1857,whichonerecentcriticcalled"theArtoftheScam";MarkTwain'sshortstory,"TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg,"astoryofgreedandrevenge;ItCan'tHappenHerebySinclairLewis,publishedin1935;GeorgeOrwell's1984,publishedin1949;andPhilipRoth'sThePlotAgainstAmerica,publishedin2004.
ForeshadowingTrumpalsocontainsthecompleteTwainshortstory,"TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg,"andthefascinatingbackstorytoTwain'swork.