Suspense The story that demonstrated the best suspense out of the three stories, The Sniper by Liam O’Flahtery, The Dogs Could Teach Me by Gary Paulsen, and The Flowers by Alice Walker was The Sniper, by LIam O’Flahtery. There are many ways in which O’Flahtery develops suspense in the story. One place where suspense was built was in the fourth paragraph. He says, “Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof.” This creates suspense because the reader doesn’t know if the bullet hit him or if he’s already dead. Evidence like this is very strong because it’s early on in the story so it makes you want to keep on reading. In comparison to the fourth paragraph of The Flowers, it just talks about how the main character