Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.”
the knowledge that doodle’s and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened. i ran as fast as i could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us. the drops stung my face like nettles, and the wind flared the wet glistening leaves of the bordering trees. soon i could hear his voice no more.
what best describes the purpose of the foreshadowing present in the narrator’s words, “soon i could hear his voice no more”?