August Heat Foreshadowing

The author uses Foreshadowing for a number of different reasons including giving background information, to show the character’s motivation, to build a mood and to get the reader’s predicting. One of the most important craft moves that the author uses throughout the book is foreshadowing. “The temporary rose tattoo on his left biceps showed below his sleeve, but the slight bulge of the handgun in his shoulder holster was barely noticeable under his shirt.”(page 3) In the beginning of the book, by using foreshadowing the author achieves the goal of building a mood. When she does this, she makes it seem as if something bad is about to happen. It creates a very suspenseful and eerie mood. Another goal the author achieves by using foreshadowing in the beginning of the book is to provide the reader’s with background information. When the author talks about

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

Foreshadowing is a vital ingredient to any suspenseful story. It hints at the idea that something is off-kilter, without ever revealing exactly what that something is. This leaves readers with an uneasy feeling about the plot, but they can’t quite figure out why. Because of that suspicious feeling, readers are left with a burning desire to find out what happens on the next page. Foreshadowing can be achieved many different ways, such as through eree names, unpleasant conversations, and odd occurrences.

In both the excerpts "Jams" and "Swimming with Nightmares" by Peter Benchley, the author creates suspense in many ways. The author utilizes descriptive words, character's choices, and dangerous situations for creating suspense.

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.

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.

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”

No one can deny the thrill of suspense. A man, being chased, turns into a dark alley only to find the end of the page. So the reader turns to the next page, to find out what happens to the protagonist and satisfy their desire of suspense. The short story, “August Heat,” by W. F. Harvey, creates suspense through the use of several techniques, these being misinformation, foreshadowing, and plot twists. It should be clarified that misinformation in this sense does not mean that the author lies to the reader, or tells them something irrelevant to the plot, but rather leads the reader to come to their own conclusions about the story, so that when the truth is revealed they are all the more surprised. Read on to learn more about the use of misinformation

In the short horror story “August Heat” by W.F. Harvey, a man by the name of James Clarence describes his lonely life, and he describes how he makes a living. James is a man with an imagination. He has no family, he spends time drawing. He calls himself an artist, but he clearly states the fact that he does not make much money out of his drawings. In the opening scene of the story, James draws a man he had never seen before. He drew this man using only his imagination. The man was a big, bulky, man with an angry face. The man in the picture was in trial for a crime he committed. In the scene of the drawing, the criminal was facing the judge as he received his sentence. For some strange reason he put the drawing in his pocket, as if the universe were telling him, his drawing was a twist of fate. From the moment on James faced a series of event that lead to final destination which. Every single event created more suspense, starting from foreshadows, to Imagery, all the way to the final moments of suspense.

Suspense is a detail that many horror writer use to catch the attention of many readers and keep them holding on till the end. Just as W.F. Harvey does when creating suspense in his story August Heat. Mr. Harvey used three methods to create his suspense for his story, foreshadowing, withholding information, and reversal. With these three methods he is able to make the reader feel like, “ We may even hold our breath without realizing it as we read on eagerly to find out how the story ends”(Source 1).

The first way the author creates suspense in the story is by foreshadowing. When Captain Torres walked into the barber’s shop, the barber, “Started to shake,” (Tellez 1) indicating that the barber felt instant fear, when his enemy approached. This foreshadows that the barber knows the man and that he will be deciding to kill him or not. Foreshadowing creates suspense because it is a clue given to the reader. It is the reader’s job to guess what is going to happen in the story and that is what makes it interesting. Without foreshadowing the reader won’t be able to prepare what is going to happen next. Another scene where the foreshadowing technique is used was when the barber came up with his reasons to not kill Captain Torres. The barber contemplated in his mind, “Don’t want to stain myself with blood. Just lather, and nothing else,” (Tellez 2) which foreshadows that the barber is not going to commit murder.

In the story August Heat by W. F. Harvey it has great points on how he uses suspense in his story to get the reader a spine chilling sensation. The setting

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.

Writers can use many tricks to make a story seem more interesting to the reader. From the words they pick to the setting to the time of the day... the possibilities are endless. In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, the use of light and darkness, the description of the mans eye and the time frame make the story more scary than anything else. Poe also uses suspense at the end to make the readers heart beat faster.

What draws people to read horror stories and novels? When people first think of horror, they usually automatically think of monsters, creepy woods, and etc, but there are many elements in horror in horror genre that creates the thrill that horror stories give to the reader. Within the Thrill of Horror collection, some elements that show horror are a suspicious setting, crazy supernatural elements, and a ton of gut wrenching suspense. The authors Edgar Allan Poe and W.W. Jacobs mastered these elements in their stories, “The Black Cat,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” and “The Tell Tale Heart”. These literary elements each are not always used in horror, but when they are all added together in one story, the author can create a scary feeling in the reader. Many people misunderstand what horror really is and why we read stories and watch films about terror.