How Does Steinbeck Build Suspense

Essay: How does Steinbeck foreshadow the pivotal events of the book? What does this effect do for the tone of the book?

First, Kino’s call to adventure with Coyotito being savagely stung by a scorpion and Kino having to find money for the doctor to pay for Coyotito’s medical treatment, second,Kino’s allies that will be by his side no matter what and lastly the examples of how Kino is truly a tragic hero. In John Steinbeck's novella, The Pearl the text gives many hints and clues that the novel follows the pattern of a Hero's Journey. This essay will cover the 3 main aspects of Kino's Journey which eventually leads to his ultimate sacrifice. My claim is significant and relevant to The Pearl because without the three main aspects to Kino’s Journey, the novel would not be the award winning, captivating book that it

Friendship is a person who can rely on when life gets hard and it’s the most precious gift from God. In Of Mice and Men novel by John Steinbeck is about two friends who face life and challenges to get their dream come true. The way John Steinbeck wrote his novel using foreshadowing to let reader predict the ending. What ways Steinbeck use foreshadowing? Foreshadowing is a device to offer hints of what will come to let the reader prophecy the ending. In Of Mice and Men novel by John Steinbeck reveal foreshadowing by the events of to a Mouse, Pet it like it was a mouse, a little piece of land and right in the back of the head.

Imagine you're watching a horror movie in 3D, Stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart" by authors like Edgar Allan Poe have the same effect, by making it so easy to visualize the scene, and he makes us feel like we are in the story waiting for the suspense to finally break. By explaining just how slowly he was going made the reader start to worry what would happen when he was finished, "It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed." lines 29-31 of "The Tell-Tale Heart". In the quotation it talks about how he was going very slowly, to the reader this is evidence that whatever he's doing, it's not going to be good since he making sure he's not caught This causes the reader to be in suspense. I believe this makes the reader want to continue reading because they want to know what he is about to do and if he'll be caught in the act, if this element was not present in this story, it would be removing the element that urges the reader to continue. So Edgar Allen Poe uses our feelings and emotion, and he uses an element of

“In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost again.” The beginning quote of “The Pearl” already gives a hint of foreshadowing. It tells the readers that a pearl will be found, but then be lost again. Foreshadowing is an element of writing that is often something that a reader will find while analyzing the story. Foreshadowing is a great way to give suspicion and excitement to a story. It also creates an active reader as they are constantly predicting what the hint could be foreshadowing at. From the opening sentence to the end of the novella John Steinbeck creates suspense in the reader by foreshadowing.

In the novel, The Pearl, the author John Steinbeck uses many similes and metaphors to communicate the theme of how liking something leads to the need to protect it through a strong will and instincts. When Kino seems to be obsessed with the pearl, in the middle of the night she attempts to protect him from it by throwing it away, “And like a shadow she glided toward the door.” (58) This quote uses a simile to emphasize how Juana truly values Kino, so she is trying to protect him by getting rid of the pearl, and she is sneaking out as stealthily as a shadow to try to help Kino. Later, Kino returns the favor when he protects Juana and Coyotito: “He was an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, and he lived only to preserve himself and his family.”

Indeed Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men, and one of the places he uses it is when George and Lennie talk about having their own farm and living off the fat of the land. He foreshadows that George and Lennie will not live out their dream. One way that he foreshadows this is when George was telling Lennie about their plan to get their own farm and live off the fat of the land, but George decided he didn’t want to talk about it anymore. It says on page 15, “Nut’s!... I ain’t got time for no more.” You can take what he says in many ways, but what makes the most sense is he didn’t want to get his hopes up, much less Lennie’s, for what was likely not going to happen. Another time when Steinback used foreshadowing was when Lennie walked into Crooks’ room, and they started

Lastly, Shakespeare use of description throughout the play that will take you through a suspense, shock, and tragedy. "Stay! Speak, speak! I charge thee, Speak!" for awhile Horatio tries to speak with the ghost of Hamlet's father demanding him to tell why he roams the castle. As the ghost appears and disappears at random moments and having Horatio yell for communication causing the reader's suspense during this moment. "The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown," the ghost tells hamlet and was one of the shocking moments in the play for not only hamlet but the readers also. To find out that hamlets father was killed and the murder was his uncle who now not only wears the crown but also married the queen, twisted.

During the Great Depression, thousands of people were unemployed and became migrant workers. The two main characters in Of Mice and Men are migrant workers who are faced with universal events that have a lasting effect. George and Lennie have to travel from ranch to ranch to try to get enough money to buy a place of their own. Along their journey George and Lennie encounter various problems that act as obstacles that hamper their progression towards their goal. How does Steinbeck use clues from the text to foreshadow the ending of the book? Steinbeck uses clues from the text to foreshadow the ending of the story by alluding the title from the poem “To a Mouse”, having multiple

Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in this passage. Lennie is the snake and George is the heron. In the end, George is the one who kills Lennie for what he did. The heron killed the snake because he needed to eat to save his life. George killed Lennie because he wanted to save the rest of his life from having to take care of Lennie, but he also save Lennie from having to suffer even more with Curley.

"And Juana, sitting by the fire hole, watched him with questioning eyes, and when he had buried his pearl she asked, 'Who do you fear?' Kino searched for a true answer, and at last he said, 'Everyone.' And he could feel a shell of hardness drawing over him"(Steinbeck 36).

At the beginning of the story they both felt content and happy as show in this quote “Sometimes it rose to an aching chord that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole.”. They did not even speak because their understanding was so great. But after Kino found the pearl his relationship steadily deteriorates as shown in this quote “"Kino," she said huskily, "I am afraid. A man can be killed. Let us throw the pearl back into the sea." "Hush," he said fiercely. "I am a man. Hush.”. That shows that as time goes by Kino is acting ruder and harshly to Juana all because of the greed the pearl caused. Another example is "This thing is evil," she cried harshly. "This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us," and her voice rose shrilly. "Throw it away, Kino. Let us break it between stones. Let us bury it and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought evil. Kino, my husband, it will destroy us." And in the firelight her lips and her eyes were alive with her fear. But Kino's face was set, and his mind and his will were set” this quote shows that Juana is becoming increasingly fearful yet Kino is sure this is the way and is willing to do whatever is necessary to become wealthy. This causes a strain between their relation. Finally the worst thing Kino commits is the act of attacked Juana. He is described as a snake hissing at her and hitting her that makes her fall. He even continues to kick her after she has fallen and she accepts it and knows he may even murder her. This shows that Kino has broken all limits of humanity and is being consumed by

Steinbeck foreshadows the death of Lennie many ways throughout the novel. Lennie has a tendency to mess up. For example, George said in the beginning of the novel if he ever got in trouble to go by the brush and wait for him to arrive. When Lennie killed the pup and Curley's wife he went to the brush and waited for George. Lennie also had trouble with pets or feeling soft things. For example, he killed the mice he always held or played with. This foreshadows that Lennie has the strength and ability to kill someone or something without trying or wanting to. When Candy's dog was was old and suffering, Carlson grabbed his Luger and shot the dog in the back of the head. This foreshadows that someone is going to die. For example, George grabbed

     Novels were created to show a very naive view in great depth. The Pearl is a novel in its most complete form. Steinbeck does this by conveying life symbolically. Through symbols, John offers the reader a clearer look at life and it?s content. He shows major imagery in four ways: Kino, music, Coyotito, and the 'Pearl of the World'.

After fighting battles with himself, Kino began to lose his ability to control himself because he was set on his plan for his family that he once saw in the pearl. “He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders and he kicked her in the side.” (Steinbeck 59). Multiple instances have occured since Kino first got the pearl, including two attacks to steal it during the night, as well as thousands of eyes that have stared through him and looked into his soul full of secrets, making him feel scared throughout the day and night, worried that those eyes would turn into attacks on his pearl, which holds the future for his family. After Juana, Kino’s wife had enough jealous stares and greedy attacks, she took the pearl and boldly planned to throw it into the water, for it to drown with the wealth and the struggles attached to it. But, as Kino was constantly aware of everything occurring with the pearl, he didn't care whether it was his wife or a stranger, because he knew he had to attack and prevent the loss of the pearl, especially since he has such a close connection to it. “The pearl has become my soul. If I give it up, I shall lose my soul.” (Steinbeck 67). Kino cannot live without the pearl and as everyday goes by, his connection with the pearl grows stronger, and his