Plot Summary Of The Story 'The Locket'

Suspense is defined as the author withholding information or when the unexpected happens, leaving you guessing and wanting more. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, he has inserted much suspense in this short (long) story, for the reason that it makes the reader want to know more and having to mindset of excitement or surprise. Another reason he added many suspense is so that it wouldn’t be so blunt, it wouldn’t just tell us what happened it would give us details and how he got or how he did that and more.

People reads books and they get their captured by the suspense the authors use to write their stories. Suspense is a key point for most readers it keeps them reading the book to see what happens next. Both Edgar Allan Poe and Richard Connell are very good authors that use a lot of suspense throughout their short stories. Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” and Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” are two stories full of suspense. It’s unpredictable, surprising that we can’t figure out what happens next. .Through conflict, setting, and diction Poe and Connell are able to build suspense.

At the conclusion of The Locket Edmond told Octavie that he didn't lose the locket but that it was stolen from him. I found the ending confusing but after reading it over I found the ending predictable. The conclusion of the locket was predictable because of three major details. The locket being stolen was predictable because the lockets description, Edmond's messmates, and Edmond's battles as a Confederate soldier. The locket was stolen for its overall value.

The development of the characters personalities helped to create suspense. With the development of Jeanine’s character it created suspense by making her attacks feared. Also she was feared because of the simulations, which could make people who were affected commit suicide, which also built the suspense with the fact that they needed to stop

While reading The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, there were many ways that the author uses suspense to keep the reader interested and wanting to continue reading. When the author is using these methods of suspense, the reader could be put in many different expressions such as being angry or confused because of a sentence. In The Most Dangerous Game, the two main forms of suspense that the author used made me as a reader feel both confused and interested. My goal in this text is to introduce to you the two forms of suspense that I found most compelling in the story and why they were so effective while I was reading.

Suspense comes from the reader being in a state of anxiety, worrying about whether the protagonist will overcome his or her flaws and conflicts, from the beginning to the end of The Most Dangerous Game the author Richard Connell used this writing technique to hook the reader. During a short story the suspense starts when you ask yourself “Will the protagonist be ok” in The Most Dangerous Game this is when Rainsford the protagonist falls off of his boat and gradually builds through the conflict until the climax. An exemplary quote showing what I have stated above is “ I want the ideal animal to hunt... Hunting? Good God general Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.”

In the short story The Locket, it is believed that the author Chaplains writing style has kept the readers guessing throughout the story. Many would agree that the ending of the story was a shocker and few expected that conclusion. They would agree that the father-in-law proceeding with the funeral arrangements supporting the assumption the deceased person in the coffin was Edmund because he had the locket around his neck played into the authors plot twist. People would also say that the end of the story was intriguing, especially when Octavia opened the letter from the priest, returning her locket to her expressing his sorrow of the death of her husband Edmund. Only to find out at the very end Edmund was not dead and he was waiting for her at the door.

The conclusion to this short story was interesting because in the end when Octavie thought about the boy that was found with the locket, she must have been thinking about if his family would ever know what happened to him. This ending keeps me thinking about if anyone would ever know he died. This ending ties the whole story together because it shows why the author described some things vaguely such as: the soldier lying in the ground with the locket, what happened in the battle, and the “children playing”.

What excatly is suspense? The story “The Most Dangerous Game” by the author Richard Connell uses multiple ways or suspense. Just in case the reader doesn’t know what suspense is, I’ll explain. Suspense can have many definitions. The way I will be using it is by how the author grabs the reader into the book. For example, in “Little Red Riding Hood” the reader would say the suspence is when the wolf starts pretending like the grandmother and there is conflict between himself and Little Red. In this story, Connell uses story elements. For example, I will be explaing how he uses creepy settings, haracters and figurative language. It keeps the reader’s more intrested in the story. If the author uses discriptive workds like tall, dark, and more to describe something, the reader will have a better vision of the story. There are many crazy, physco things in the story that the reader would enjoy. This story “The Most Dangerous Game”

Literary Analysis Outline I think the authors of the short story "The Interloper" and the chapter two of the book "Live To Tell" make the use of suspense in their stories to have the reader get a good story by giving him/her a surprising ending in each of the stories which is going to make them read more of their wonderful great work. Suspense in the story "The Interloper" makes it have a surprising ending. There is a part of the story where there are two enemies together in the woods with no one to help them: "And each prayed a private prayer that his men might be the first to arrive" (Saki 4). They both were scared and silently praying for their men to come help them know that they are out in the forest hurt and unable to move, I consider

Many details hold the reader's attention on creating suspense in the story. One detail that holds the reader's attention is by telling the readers the whole story and the characters in the story don't know what is happening. This creates suspense so the readers will want to keep on reading the book or watch the movie since they want to know what will happen to the character. Another detail is that suspense makes you feel like you are a part of the story or makes you want to be part of the story. You know who is the villain so you will want to step in the plot and solve the conflict. In the story, Cujo, the author creates suspense by making a dog the villain and a little boy and mom facing it. In paragraph 14 it states, "And the dog seemed to know. His terrible, thoughtless eyes never left Donna Trenton's wide blue eyes." Telling us that the dog is evil and is targeting to kill someone. In paragraph 15 it states, "The Tad saw the dog, recognized the blood which streaked its fur, and shrieked." This tells me that Tad saw the dog and got terrified so he started screaming. If we stopped reading from here, then we would keep on wondering and thinking about what would happen to Donna and Tad. It would put us on the edge of our seats because we want Donna and Tad to survive. We need to finish the book or else we will be very eager to find out what will happen next. The author also includes other details that make the story suspenseful. For example, in paragraph 23 it states, "Cujo began to bark again, the sound incredibly loud even through the Saf-T-Glas. And suddenly it occurred to her that is she had not rolled up her window up as she brought the Pinto to a stop..." This creates more suspense because we would wonder if there are any other windows that have not been rolled up or if the dog will still find a way to kill them. All of this would make us want to finish the story to know the

In Kate Chopin’s “The Locket” Edmond and Octavie are engaged during the American Civil War. Edmond is a soldier who carries a locket that has Octavie’s picture inside. Other soldiers joke that the locket is a talisman that protects him. Later, a preacher finds a dead soldier wearing the locket, which he assumes to be Edmond. Octavie is devastated by Edmond’s death after receiving a letter and the locket from the preacher. Eventually however Edmond comes back from the war; the locket was stolen by the soldier who died. Octavie is shocked and delighted by her fiancé’s return. I was surprised by this plot because I felt the same way as Octavie.

Suspense Essay Aaron Little-Holder The Sniper and Once Upon a time give off different elements of suspense. When you read these two stories they give off different vibes. In both stories you will see that there are both differences and similarities. In the story “The Sniper” the element of suspense starts with the setting.

Without suspense, the world is dull, boring, and uneventful; many people need suspense and drama to feel motivated and engaged in things; this is the same for books. In the book, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, the author used various literature methods to create suspense; the techniques he includes are used differently depending on which part of the plot they are used in.

The suspense from the story/pace of the story followed the element of plot, exposition, rising action, climax, falling