How Does Harvey Create Suspense In August Heat
The Arthur W. F. Harvey wrote the short story, August Heat. This story was created with a good deal of suspense and captures the audience attention. According to Percy D’Aco all good horror stories feature a great deal of suspense. Suspense is created through different methods. For instance foreshadowing, withholding information, putting an important character in peril, or the character must choose between two dangerous courses of action, or reversals. In the short story August Heat the author creates suspension through the use of foreshadowing and withholding back on some information and through assumptions.
The story begins off and does not introduce the protagonist, but instead they introduce us to the settings. The author suggests …show more content…
This suggests that something will suddenly happen to the character. As we get to the end of the story the man the protagonist has met tell him that leaves home at 11:30 pm can be dangerous and can lead to horrible things happening. The story ends and nothing is said about the protagonist. The reader is not sure if the character ever made it home or if something has happened to him. Many assumptions can be made because when the man from the portrait bewares the character that leaving home can be dangerous the reader can end up thinking that something has occurred.
Assumptions are made when the character arrives in the cemetery and sees the man of his portrait carving something into a gravestone. Since the man from his portrait was the man standing before him, we can assume that the gravestone can be about the protagonist. The gravestone is then shown and it is revealed that the name on the gravestone is “James Clarence Withencroft” the full name of the protagonist. The date of death is not shown, but with context clues we can assume that his death is soon approaching.
The author created suspense from start to end. He doesn't even finish the story because many things could have happened afterwards. We are left in suspense with the cliffhanger. The author provides enough information for the reader to imagine what will happen next. He gives the reader
The story begins off and does not introduce the protagonist, but instead they introduce us to the settings. The author suggests …show more content…
This suggests that something will suddenly happen to the character. As we get to the end of the story the man the protagonist has met tell him that leaves home at 11:30 pm can be dangerous and can lead to horrible things happening. The story ends and nothing is said about the protagonist. The reader is not sure if the character ever made it home or if something has happened to him. Many assumptions can be made because when the man from the portrait bewares the character that leaving home can be dangerous the reader can end up thinking that something has occurred.
Assumptions are made when the character arrives in the cemetery and sees the man of his portrait carving something into a gravestone. Since the man from his portrait was the man standing before him, we can assume that the gravestone can be about the protagonist. The gravestone is then shown and it is revealed that the name on the gravestone is “James Clarence Withencroft” the full name of the protagonist. The date of death is not shown, but with context clues we can assume that his death is soon approaching.
The author created suspense from start to end. He doesn't even finish the story because many things could have happened afterwards. We are left in suspense with the cliffhanger. The author provides enough information for the reader to imagine what will happen next. He gives the reader