Soucy’s style of many devices including foreshadowing and personification combine to magnify the situation Thouin caught himself in. Soucy begins the story with this opening sentence, “From the day he saw them, Thouin was unable to forget them, and what he most feared happened.” Within this sentence the reader is aware that he is very attached to “them” and …show more content…
If these were normal, lifeless boots the reader would take the story much less seriously. Instead these boots can not only walk, but they can mew, call, tap, stare, and knock. They do not only have heels, but also eyes, throats, skin, and above all else these red boots possess feelings. This pair of boots expresses joy, hate, and disappointment towards the protagonist. The constant personification of the boots builds up upon itself until a pair of shoes, which would normally be viewed as an unharmful (even protective) covering, would fear even the reader. Clearly, Thouin has an obsession that is way out a hand, ready to attack at any