The Elevator
Written by: Donovan sowards
This one time I got stuck in a tight space for three hours and it was really small and I am still can not overcome my fear of tight spaces. In the story the Elevator by William Sleator the character named Martin could not overcome his fear of his dad’s the elevator and the fat lady. Since he could not overcome his fears he can not go out and do anything. William Sleator shows us Martin lack of ability to get over his fears by building suspense through Martin’s thoughts and actions which are efforts to avoid those fears. Because martin is claustrophobic of the elevator, paranoid of the fat lady, and intimidated by his dad’s judgment.
Martin main fear is the fat lady. On line 44-46 it says “she was so
Written by: Donovan sowards
This one time I got stuck in a tight space for three hours and it was really small and I am still can not overcome my fear of tight spaces. In the story the Elevator by William Sleator the character named Martin could not overcome his fear of his dad’s the elevator and the fat lady. Since he could not overcome his fears he can not go out and do anything. William Sleator shows us Martin lack of ability to get over his fears by building suspense through Martin’s thoughts and actions which are efforts to avoid those fears. Because martin is claustrophobic of the elevator, paranoid of the fat lady, and intimidated by his dad’s judgment.
Martin main fear is the fat lady. On line 44-46 it says “she was so