The Interpreter of Maladies

Foreshadowing is when there is a warning or an indication of a future event. The author focuses on this moment so that we will know that something will happen later on in this short story because one of the kids is paler than the others. Since Mr. Kapasi is an interpreter of maladies, he might have noticed that the boy may be ill with something, and it could be serious because he is so pale.