Catbird Seat Suspense

In the story “ The Catbird Seat,” author James Thurber creates an example of how to create suspense by showing Mr. Martin’s thoughts, describing scenes where suspense is highly created by Mr. Martin’s horrible intentions against Mrs. Barrows, and Mrs.Borrow’s telling to Mr. Fitweiler about Mr.Martin's night visit. As the story begins, Mr. Martin is buying a pack of camels without being noticed by anyone, Thurber states “The Clerk didn’t even glanced at Mr.Martin, who put the pack in his overcoat pocket and went out.” This Statement shows that Mr.Martin was not trying to be spotted. In the middle of the story, Mr.Martin starts his plan against Mrs. Barrows by going around her neighborhood for the first time and imagines her house, The narrator