Epigraph:
A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work that is suggestive of the theme

Example:
"It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led west."
-Wallace Stegner, opening quote of chapter three from Into the Wild.


Explanation:
The author of Into the Wild always puts quotes at the beginning of each chapter. These quotes show the theme of the novel, and of the chapter. The purpose of this is to help foreshadow and set the theme of freedom from reality, to the reader in a simple, non-confusing way.