What is the purpose of “red herring” forshadowing

The author of “Eavesdropping”, Eudora Welty, depicted herself as a silent type of person and quite an introvert. She doesn’t talk much or interact with others. Oftentimes, she eavesdropped the conversation of other people to be able to gain knowledge of their behaviour.  

In the beginning of the book, she has depicted being a child who preferred listening to others rather than talking. In the end, as she grew older, her epiphany was that eavesdropping inspired her to write stories.

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the idiom "pride goes before a fall" means that being too proud causes one to make mistakes that eventually lead to failure or downfall.

in the stranger's story in the "the storyteller," bertha had won three medals for obedience, punctuality and good manners. she was really proud of her medals and pinned them to her dress and wore them everywhere she went so that everyone would know how good she was. in the end, these symbols of her excessive pride cost her her life. when she was hiding from the wolf in the bushes, it was the clinking of her medals that alerted his attention towards her presence and lead to her death.