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So far the story I like the most is “Hostage” by Joyce Carol Oates. The reason this is my favorite story so far because it is suspenseful. A way it is suspenseful is when she got taken by the guy no one had a clue what was going to happen next. In the story it shows a suspense part it says “By now the librarian from the sound adult room had emerged, and another women was poking her head around the corner…”(Oates1207). That shows that the lady didn't know what was going to happen. Another reason i like this story is because of the events that happened. An event that happened was when the man asked for her to come to him. In the book he says “Little girl? Eh? Little girl?—where’re you going”(Oates1206)? In the story

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