How Does Steven King Tell The Story The Man In The Black Suit

The Man in the Black Suit by Steven King was an extremely well-written story. The story uses many elements to tell the story in a manner that is understandable and intriguing. one of the ways is descriptive tools. The way King uses descriptive tools makes you feel as if you were the little boy Gary. As well as descriptive tools he uses the dialog that engages the reader and encourages them to continue. Also, the use of dialogue pushes the story forward. Even though it is somewhat long for a short story it kept the reader entertained and engaged throughout.
The story begins with a very old man remembering when he was a young boy. It is then we find out the boy name is Gary and this story happened when he was nine in the summer of 1914. He and

After his chores, Gary wanted to go fishing but before he could he had to promise his parents he wouldn't go past the fork in the river. He goes down to the creek and he catches a large brookie and another slightly smaller rainbow trout. After casting his line again, he doses off. Later he wakes up to a bee on his nose remembering what had happened to his brother he sits still and doesn’t move. Then out of the woods, he hears a clap which makes the bee fall into his lap. A tall man comes up and starts talking to Gary. As they talk Gary notices there is something off about the man. Realizing he isn’t human he sees his eyes and notice they are just fiery red no pupils, as well his fingers weren’t normal they were like long yellow claws, lastly, he noticed the man was in a three-piece suit that had no trace of him walking in the woods it was as clean or as pristine as if it was just bought. Gary concludes that the man is no man he believes it to be the devil walking among them. The Devil starts to tell Gary that his mother was dead she had died from a bee sting just like his brother. He then goes into graphic detail to

He has the character's converse throughout the story. King Does this so the reader has an easier time following the story. One of his best points of this was the dialogue between Gary and the devil. As Gary and the devil converse, the devil tells Gary that his mother had died Gary didn't believe him until the devil described graphically her dead body lying there on the ground. Gary, as well as the reader, had no choice to believe him because the dialogue had pushed us to this point we had known nothing to the contrary. This created so much suspense and intrigue because you don't know whether the devil is telling the truth or not. dialogue has the power to control the pace and emotion of a story and King used this to his full