How does the author use foreshadowing in A Walker in the City?

The section entitled, The Block and Beyond, can be seen as a metaphoric exploration of a fundamental aspect of Jewish life in Brownsville in general, and of the author's experience of that life in particular. Specifically, as the images move from darkness into light, the narrative simultaneously moves emotionally from images of fear and isolation into images of pity and human contact. This, in turn, foreshadows and symbolizes the experience of the Soloveys, who from the author's perspective live their lives in darkness (i.e. the judgmental spirit of the community in which they live) that becomes pity and connection following Mrs. Solovey's death.