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Suspense In The Catbird Seat

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In the story “The Catbird Seat,” the author builds suspense by starting the story off by writing at the beginning of the story, “Mr. Martin bought the pack of Camels on Monday night in the most crowded cigar store on Broadway.” He makes it clear though he does not smoke nor drink. Thurber also builds suspense in the story by stating that Mr. Martin knows his department is being looked upon. “Mr. Martin could no longer doubt that the finger was on his beloved department.” What is not stated at this point in the story is what he's going to do about this happening, building character suspense. Another example of how this author created suspense is toward the end when Mr. martin won't take his gloves off in the house. He also has never drank
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