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Use Of Suspense In Daphne Dumaurier's 'The Birds'

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In “The Birds”, written by Daphne DuMaurier, the author creates suspense to reveal a theme in the story by only giving the reader snippets of information at a time and not explaining all that is happening. At the beginning of the story when the birds first start to attack, they try to explain what is happening, saying that “there are birds in there . . . it’s as though a madness seized them, with the east wind.” . . . it’s the weather” (DuMaurier 4). The lack of understanding connects the readers with the characters by making them feel what it’s like in their shoes. This lack of knowledge drives people to want to read more, rather than telling them what was happening beforehand. Later in the story, the family in the story goes to listen to
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