August Heat Suspense

August Heat Suspense can make you over think and become attentive. The feeling of wanting to know more creates confusions and boldness to the reader. The reason for suspense is to hook the reader onto the story, while hooking the reader to the story, the author wants to astound the reader into wanting more. W.F Harvey introduces suspense and it is shown throughout the story “August Heat” but it’s enhanced in the ending of the story. The story is about two men who occasionally meet one hot summer day but then one of the men become utterly shocked because the other man matched up with a person he randomly sketched. As things become more interesting and fascinating, the story becomes creepy and outlandish, hooking the reader's every page they encounter. The main two characters in the story are James and Mr. Atkinson. The characters play a huge role in the story. Additionally, in the
“It’s a strange coincidence, but it happens to be mine,” (Harvey, 95). These factors contribute to suspense because James is now beginning to think the whole situation is a bit skeptical. “We’ll look at the matter straight. If you go back home to- night, you can take your chance of accidents. A cart may run over you, and there’s always banana skins and orange peel, to say nothing of fallen ladders,” (Harvey, 97). At this point, James and the reader are astonished with what Mr. Atkinson stated. For that reason, it created suspense. It certainly changes the view of Mr. Atkinson. Subsequently, Mr. Atkinson is now being questioned. The reader may be asking in how certain Mr. Atkinson seemed and put his point across with no complication. “A reversal is a sudden change in a character’s situation from good to bad or vice versa. The place of James now changes and he starts to question Mr. Atkinson because he doesn’t feel sure and the outcome is now about to occur and Mr. Atkinson is basically telling James about his