How Does Adam Build Suspense In The Hitchhiker

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Suspense, so much suspense and horror that it is pulling people closer and closer over time they look away. Horror, the horror that has you shaking in your boots.The horror that has your heart racing faster and faster each and every word you read.One great surprise to put on top. with these elements and plot together to make an effective story. The suspense of the story come with the plot and it also fires up the exposition. Which is a man named Adam traveling from Brooklyn, New York all the way to Hollywood California. When Adam crosses the Brooklyn bridge he sees a hitchhiker in the middle of the road of the road of the bridge. Adam quickly swear around the hitchhiker avoiding collision and injuries(1008). Now that some suspense there. To keep the suspense rolling Adam starts to see the hitchhiker over and over everywhere he goes. To top it off he is the only one who sees him. Now that suspense that can attack thousands of readers. The horror will born deep in the main character Adam throughout the story.Which just fires up our rising action like a rocket. When Adam finds out there is no escape from the hitchhiker. He …show more content…

For a good horror story, we need a surprise, we need a surprise, we need an explanation for this insanity. Here Adam has found out that he has gone mad and he needs to stop before he ends up harming himself and other. To do that he goes to a pay phone to call the last person he talks to before he started this journey. His mother, but she did not pick up, instead this woman named Mrs. Whitney picks up the phone and tells Adam that his mother is in the Hospital.This instantly shocks Adam, he questioned Mrs. Whitney and she said that his mother has been prostrated for five days because of nervous breakdowns from the death of her oldest son, who was killed in an automobile accident on the Brooklyn Bridge (1011). Wow, now that a climax with a sour surprise that just gives the audience a