Use Of Suspense In The Hitchhiker

The authors of the two texts The Hitchhiker and Closed for the Season effectively created suspense through the use of dramatic elements. Imagery creates suspense in Closed for the Season and The Hitchhiker. In the two texts, the setting was used to create suspense. In The Hitchhiker and Closed for the Season, the description of the characters fear and anxiety was used to create suspense . Therefore, the two texts created suspense because it makes the reader feel tense.
In The Hitchhiker and Closed for the Season, the imagery was used to create suspense. For example, in The Hitchhiker it states, “He was thin, nondescript, with a cap pulled down over his eyes.” This shows that using imagery helps the reader picture the creepy hitchhiker.

For example, in The Hitchhiker the text states, “I saw him standing outside the Autocamp in Amarillo that night when I dared to slow down. He was sitting near the drinking fountain in a little camping spot just inside the border of New Mexico.” This shows that using the setting creates suspense because Ronald Adams is on the side of a road at night with no one else around. That makes the reader feel nervous because a strange man keeps following him and no one is there to help him. For instance, in Closed for the Season it states, “It must have been 150 degrees in the attic. The air was thick and heavy and smelled of dust and old things - paper and cardboard, wood and cloth. Dim light shone through the cobweb - covered windows at either end.” This illustrates that the attic is very old and dirty because of the setting. This is suspenseful because it makes the reader feel worried because someone has clearly gone through it looking for something due to all the papers on the ground. Another example, in Closed for the Season it states, “The moon glided along beside us, lighting the path, but casting everything else into the darkness.” The setting demonstrates that it is late at night and Logan and Arthur used the moon as light. This creates suspense because since they couldn’t see their surroundings something may pop up. Therefore, the setting the two texts create suspense because it makes the reader