Use Of Suspense In The Abandoned Farmhouse

Have you ever got chills going up your back while reading a story? Roald Dahl created the story

For example, when Angela Wexler a perfect child who would not do anything harmful bombed her own face only to get caught by her mother, who cares so much about her. In the story it states that “ Angela glanced at her watch and reached for the tall, thin carton wrapped in gold foil.”this quote shows us that Angela knows when and where (it was in the parcel) the bomb in the Wexlers apartment will explode (Raskin 112). The reason why this part of the story shows suspense is because we don’t know the intentions of Angela, until the clues we find later in the story shows us Angela’s actual intention was to get caught by her mother and be an actual normal being. Another example of suspense is the cliffhangers. The reason why cliffhangers are suspenseful because they leave the reader dangling with questions, and want to read on to know more. A good example of a cliffhanger is after Turtle finds the answer to the game, we think Angela and Dr Deere are getting married, but it is actually Crow and Otis Amber’s wedding, which is very awkward moreover, we never knew what happened between them, like you don’t know what is happening when you are absent (Raskin 207). All of these are good examples of suspense which a good mystery novel

In “The Call of The Wild,” the author uses suspense as the divider between scenes of action. One example is “He [Spitz the dog] even went out of his way to bully Buck, striving constantly to start the fight which could end only in the death of one or the other.” They travelled four-hundred and fifty miles and had numerous close calls the entire time. To the reader, the text gives hints that the fight is starting, which gets their hopes up only to be smothered like a candle being put

One excellent example is, “Imagine that I’m a professor, you walk down, come though the doorway, sit down at a table…” (Gladwell, Primed for Action). Gladwell describes a character moving through a simple situation. Although this example may seem a bit vague, it provides an image within the reader’s mind of what that particular situation may look like. As Americans, we do this quite frequently, when we think of a certain event or social gathering we are planning on attending or even being forced to attend, we draw up and image within our minds. Sometimes said image may be a good image, with everything occurring exactly as you have thought those events would happen. Sadly, many times within our minds, not everything is pictured in a positive way. We may think of a social event where we may be shunned by everyone else attending the event because of one bad comment we spoke, or our taste in music or other entertainment. Another example of imagery within the book is the quote, “Predicting Divorce, like tracking Morse code operators, is pattern recognition.” (Gladwell, the Secrets of the Bedroom). This example, once again, gives us an image of this certain situation with the use of “Morse code operators” to provide some sort of image for our minds to

Did you know that a soldier in the Iraq war wrote about his experience during the war? A soldier in the Iraq war documented his experiences and his thoughts while the war was escalating. He talked about the intimidating and joyful times he experienced. He leaves the story at a cliffhanger as he explains how he and his friend didn't want to be the last people assassinated. In The Yellow Birds, the author, Kevin Powers, uses personification and imagery in order to explain the challenges and experiences he faced during the war.

People do terrible things. Terrible things lead to mourning, anger, and sadness. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel and the short story “A Walk on the Long Stone Serpent” both authors describe their experience looking back on a time where a dreadful thing happened. They both portray their message of remembrance and attitude towards their experience through tone and imagery. Each author’s use of imagery and the tones they convey allow the reader to understand how they felt during their experience looking back.

Imagery is a technique often used by authors to promote the theme(s) that they are attempting to convey to the reader through their work. It is the use of figurative language to represent objects, and communicate ideas to the reader so that they may mentally visualize them, and understand themes in the work of literature. Generally speaking, in literature, the reader may only recognize or relate to a few of the themes that the author is portraying through contrasting imagery, but to the author, all the themes may be of importance. The author of the novel, In The Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez, conveys many themes through the use of imagery, including sacrifice, feminism, and religion. Alvarez uses contrasting imagery to develop the

For example, in the beginning of the story, Flaherty talks about the Republican sniper that lay quietly watching. He uses suspense to describe the republican sniper as quoted, “his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic, they were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death.” This quote from the story shows and creates suspense through the sniper’s eyes and how he was so used to looking at death during war. This also affects how a war changes a man or soldier to see or experience sufferings and also can make someone go mad from their normal limits, such as looking at death so often. Another example is the usage of the setting to build up suspense, such as the darkness and fleecy clouds that lay over Dublin during the war.

Suspense in The Most Dangerous Game In The book “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell, the author has many ways of creating suspense. He tries to make suspense by using a variety of different technics. One way is creating the overall mood of the story. He uses a mix of words to give you a feeling of the characters.

Imagery is defined in The Oxford Dictionary as visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. Imagery is one of the many examples of rhetorical devices used in literature to express the author’s ideas. In Dan Egan’s book, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, Egan puts emphasis on the details to provide the readers with a clear vision to Egan’s ideas. In the beginning Egan talks about the seaway construction by stating, “Construction crews from boths side of the border tore into the river channel with so much violence and with such heavy earth-moving machinery” (Egan 22) Egan use of imagery allows for readers to understand what is going on through a mental picture.

“This suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts” - Oscar Wilde. Suspense is a useful tool that authors use in their writing to create vivid images and bring the reader to their writing, it gives the reader emotion like in the quote Oscar Wilde wrote. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Richard Connell uses many methods to develop suspense while Rainsford goes through an external battle with General Zaroff on an island. In the story Rainsford is swept to a mysterious island where he comes to conflict with General Zaroff, Rainsford finds himself fighting for his life in order to beat Zaroff. Richard Connell uses many methods to develop suspense in the story like introducing elements of dialogue and tone in order to make the reader anxious.

The stories,”The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe and,”The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury include examples of authors creating suspense. Both of the stories include foreshadowing. In,”The Tell Tale Heart” punctuation is used excessively to fabricate suspense. In,”The Tell Tale Heart” the author uses punctuation to suggest that the main character is crazy, and to add suspense to the story.

Elements of suspense are the literary version of horror movie music. They make reading a thrilling experience and are prevalent in many texts, including those analyzed in this essay. Terrible Things by Eve Bunting and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson are more mysterious and subtle in the way elements are communicated, while in Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe and Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket by Jack Finney the suspense is very evident and there is an aspect of fear in both passages. Some of the most prominent of these suspense elements that are expressed include universal fears and foreshadowing, which create fear for what is to come. Dramatic irony and anticipation or dread cause the reader to sense that something bad will happen.

A second thing that is used to create suspense is foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is commonly used when wanting to make something scary. Foreshadowing is when the reader knows an upcoming event that's going to happen to one of the main characters. For example, in the story “August heat” it quotes “ I said little, for I felt uneasy.

In “The Black cat”, Edgar Allen Poe uses imagery and symbols to heighten the suspense of the readers. When the police came to investigate his house the uses a cane to heavily rap on the portion of the wall were his wife was buried. He was answered by “a voice from within the tomb” At this point the level of suspense created is effective because the author left us to imagine what on earth was making that noise. Readers were left as to why and what the noise was all about.