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Literary Analysis Of The Elevator By William Sleator

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The Elevator: Literary Analysis How does the author illustrate the main character 's inability to overcome his fears? William Sleator shows that Martin is unable to overcome his fears by building suspense and showing that Martin tries everything to avoid the elevator. What are Martin’s fears? Martin is most likely is claustrophobic paranoid and may suffer from cacomorphobia.

Martin might suffer from claustrophobia. He is afraid that the elevator might fall. Claustrophobia is the fear of small spaces. Martin gets nervous every time he gets into the elevator. “Of course he was always uncomfortable in elevators, he was afraid they would fall but there was something unpleasant about this one” lines 4-5 of The Elevator.

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