read the excerpt from jackie robinson’s letter to president eisenhower. when you said we must have self-respect, i wondered how we could have self-respect and remain patient considering the treatment accorded to us through the years. this excerpt contains an historical allusion to:

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.