In Fitzgerald's timeless novel The Great Gatsby, the writing techniques of foreshadowing and flashbacks are carefully used to enhance and strengthen the story. "'Suppose you met someone as careless as you.' 'I hope I never do,' she [Jordan] replied. "I hate careless people. That's why I like you.' ” (Fitzgerald, pg. 63) Jordan is explaining to Nick how he manages to drive badly as long as everyone else is driving carefully. This quote represents the writing technique of foreshadowing, which is used in one of its best forms. Fitzgerald foreshadows the chapter seven in which Daisy kills Myrtle Wilson because of her reckless driving. Fitzgerald uses foreshadowing to strengthen the plot of his book. Nick begins to remember the past and relive his old memories . During the chapter, Nick uses a flashback to tell about Gatsby's funeral for the readers to know what happened on the day Gatsby was killed. Flashback in The Great Gatsby also helps to give the reader background information about the characters great Gatsby, the structure of the novel is influenced by foreshadowing and flashbacks Fitzgerald uses foreshadowing to the best of his ability to help organize the novel. "Fortunately the clock took that moment to tilt dangerously under the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned, grabbed it with trembling fingers, and put it back in its place. "I'm sorry about the clock," he said. "It's "It's an old watch,' I told him idiotically." (Fitzgerald, p. 92) This quote is the first use of foreshadowing found in chapter five. It deals with all the trouble Gatsby causes as he tries to win Daisy back. The past is represented by 'watch and how Gatsby wants to repeat it with Daisy. (Eble, pg. 963) This quote foreshadows the end of the novel when Nick is left to tell the story of the dreamer whose dreams were corrupted and creatures and then retreated into their money or their great carelessness or whatever it was that held them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." (Fitzgerald, p. 188) In chap.