Blog Assignment #4

Using one of the stories from our Mystery and Suspense unit (duo-tang) - complete a journal entry. Use the example given in your notes and answer the following questions.

Is it a mystery or suspense?
suspense

When is the suspense introduced?
The suspense is introduces when two men stumbled in and carried pistols, then they search the house. (frist page)

How is it resolved?
The supense is resolved when Karen said "I don't know about you. but while there's still time, I'm going intothat storm cellar." (last page)

Did the author include any red herrings?
No, he did not.

Is the story an example of poetic justice?
Yes, it is.



Night of the twister

This is a good story. It is a typical suspense story! This story tells us about a “tornado” night.
Karen saw two men broke into her house whit guns. They search the house and told her sat down. They want money. The weather is very bad. They are tornados in the area. Karen is very scared, but she keeps her voice calm. Terry came back and found photograph. They asked questions “What is your name?” “Who lives here with you?” Then they talked about tornados. They wanted money and broke everything in the house. Karen made some food for them. The men drank beer and ate quick supper. She told them “The door is in the kitchen floor, you got storm cellar in this place, and it is safe at there.” The men asked her “Any guns in the house?” She told them where some guns are. But she don not antique. They are hung so high that to get it. They asked “Where is the money?” “If you don not tell us, we will hurt you, even kill you!” Karen managed a smile “You are just trying to frighten me, you are playing games…” “Just a minute. You hear that?” She said. Then they really hear it. They though the storm is close, so they want to go to the storm cellar. When they were trying into the cellar, Karen got the guns and shoots them. At the end of story the police came to her house. She said “I had told them how a tornado sounded like a fast freight train.” “So when the night freight came highballing by a little before ten, like it always does, I made out like it was a twister.”