How Does W. F Harvey Create Suspense

The reader already feels the suspense and now feels the relieved but weak effect from learning that he

The cubical showed every sign of having been built for a man just about my size, (p 81). Again Fletcher is assuming that the cubical was built for a man of his size. I dwelt in my cliff dwelling for twenty-four hours. And, hour by hour-conscious of my vast ignorance, yet curiously confident-I began to focus on my cave dweller more sharply, (p 82). In this sentence Fletcher reassures the reader that the man knows he s not really experiencing anything with the Indian. We know this because he tells the audience that he is aware of his own ignorance. By choosing those words, Fletcher lets the reader know that the man is imagining being with the Indian.

The night is crisp and black as the moon lets off an eerie glow, leaves rustle and fall somewhere in the distance. A silhouette dwarfs the blackberry bush in the corner as one’s footsteps refrain, they move closer; you run. Suspense is a state of tension and anxiety which was used in the sentence above and is common in books and short stories. In the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs suspense is created in a variety of ways. Jacobs demonstrates this by using foreshadowing, conflict and surprise endings.

nuance this man projects, “He smirked when we passed each other.” And, “Our eyes met

the most important literary elements in the story. He takes a young black boy and puts

Malcolm Rose is an amazing author for his incorporation of suspense in his books, here is an example of suspense in final lap “‘Ian Pritchard has deliberately given incorrect

At the beginning of the story when the stranger first investigated their garage, the mother says,”And where is he now... I don’t like this..”, this increases the reader's heart rate, and makes the reader feel uneasy about the stranger, and what is yet to come.

The audience is rudely awakened when the suspense turns into horror, not the expected delight, as a shark emerges from the water and takes his catch. Through this use of suspense and the building of tension, the audience feels the protagonist’s disappointment along with him. When the protagonist tries to search for the sharks who stole his catch he cannot see them, no matter how hard he tries. This can be seen as an allegory to the fact he cannot predict the future events to happen.

While in the room where the old man was is buried, the narrator is sitting on a chair, which is above where the old man’s body parts are. He engages in conversation with the policemen. In the narrators mind, he starts to feel guilty his anxiety rises. He believes he starts to hear the old

The reason that this shows parallels between the man’s journey home and the

In Graham Greene’s collection Twenty-One Stories the works vary greatly in topic, character, plot and place. While the themes in several of the stories compliment the other, one element of craft and its effect that is most prominent is the dialogue. In the story A Drive Through the Country the nameless protagonist sneaks out of the house to meet her troubled lover Fred. As they drive through the country, Fred’s impulsive behavior amplifies and both their lives are suddenly at risk. In The Basement Room a young boy left home with the house keepers for a weekend also leaves his house without supervision. When he returns he witnesses a violent, haunting event. It is obvious through the summary that both stories hold suspense. However, it is Greene’s construction of dialogue where the suspense forms and heightens. The narration that takes place before or in between the moments of dialogue show us that the characters do not say what they mean, therefore their fates and the stories’ future goings-on hold mystery. If they do not discuss their fears, desires, curiosities, will they ever get what they want? Will they escape possible danger? These are the questions readers ponder during the crucial moments of dialogue and without these questions the stories would lack mystery and suspense. For it is through Greene’s straightforward narration, coupled with dialogue, that bring readers intrigue, mystery and ultimately leads us to care about the characters and the stories’ endings.

     The author wrote this story as a literary genius. There is an extreme level of suspense that leaves you wanting

His big break as a children’s book writer came as a result of his wife. She was a producer of a television show and invited one of the show’s guests home for dinner on night. After dinner she and Chris Van Allsburg showed him some of his illustrations as part of a casual after-dinner conversation. He was immediately impressed and gave the number of Walter Lorraine, an editor with Houghton Mifflin Company, to him and asked him to call him. When he finally contacted Mr. Lorraine, the man was so impressed with his drawings that he convinced Chris Van Allsburg that he should venture into children’s book writing.

Suspense is when the author makes the reader, or audience excited or scared for what might happen in the story, or even what will happen to the character next in the story. Suspense might even be something you see or hear that will make you have questions about what will happen next. If there is a cliffhanger at the end of a story, it will leave you with questions wondering what will happen to the characters next. The mood, tone, setting, emotions of character, sound and sight might affect how the story is suspenseful. We all enjoy watching suspenseful movies and reading stories, because they are exciting. It leaves us with questions that the author won't have the answers to in the end, so the author gives us as the audience, the chance to make up their own ending to the story or movie. The author will give you clues throughout the story, to help you fill in questions you might have in the end. This makes it more exciting for the reader and the audience because we get to engage with the characters in the book or movie. The tv series, Stranger Things, is about 4 kids who have to fight off monsters in a little town in Indiana. This TV show is a great example of suspense, and it shows it effectively because, of Foreshadowing, Dilemma, and Dramatic Irony presented throughout the show. With just using those four examples, Stranger Things is a great example of suspense.

Surely I knew that eye, that voice, that face. But when and where had I seen them? I had certainly met that man, spoken to him, shaken his hand. That was a long, long time ago. It was lost in the haze wherein the mind seems to feel around blindly for memories and pursues them like fleeing phantoms without being able to seize them. He, too, was observing me, staring me out of countenance, with the persistence of a man who remembers slightly but not completely. Our eyes, embarrassed by this persistent contact, turned away; then, after a few minutes, drawn together again by the obscure and tenacious will of working memory, they met once more, and I said: "Monsieur, instead of staring at each other for an hour or so, would it not be better to try to discover where we have known each other?"