Examples Of Suspense In The Elevator By William Sleator

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Fear may make people imagine things that are really not there. This is a story that is called ‘The Elevator’ which William Sleator , the author, creates suspense in the story. It’s about a boy named Martin , which fears elevators. When Martin gets on the elevator from where he lives there’s always a fat lady that gets on the elevator at the same time as he does ,so Martin thought that was strange and he started to get scared, especially because he feared elevators. William Sleator creates suspense in the story by describing how the elevator looks, then he adds more suspense by writing how the fat lady is. Martin felt like the elevator was about to fall.“he was always uncomfortable in elevators, afraid that they would fall” page 31.He thought

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