How Does W. F Harvey Create Suspense In August Heat

August Heat, by W.F Harvey is a short story with suspense about a man named James Clarence Withencroft, who is clueless towards his death. W.F. Harvey creates suspense in “August Heat” due to the fact that the narrator is drawing a man that he thinks he has seen before. Another fact the story has suspense is because james meets Mr. Atkinson. James is told that he passed away is also another fact of how the author creates suspense. “Horror stories are designed to make our pulses and our skin tingle,” (Percy D’Aco); portrays on how I felt while reading “August Heat”. in the end of the story the reader is left with the doubt on James death, which leaves suspense afterwards reading the story. W.F. Harvey creates suspense in “August Heat” due to the fact that the narrator is drawing a man that he thinks he has seen before. “It showed a criminal in the dock immediately after the judge had pronounced sentence,”(W.F. Harvey), this refers to the man that James is drawing. This is suspense because thoughts come up and makes the reader think who is the criminal and why. “The man was fat - enormously fat,” (W.F. Harvey); the man is described as how James imagines him. W.F. Harvey creates suspense in the mystery …show more content…
Atkinson. “I found myself standing before a gate that led into a yard bordered by a strip of thirsty earth, where there were flowers, purple stock and scarlet geranium,”(W.F. Harvey); the suspense in this that the author created is it starts to make the reader question of why is at a place without having a purpose. “Above the entrance was a board with the inscription - CHAS. ATKINSON, MONUMENTAL MASON, WORKER IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN MARBLES,” (W.F Harvey); Harvey created this suspense to make the reader wonder why James is at that location. The place where James is located at, turns out to be how he meets Mr. Atkinson, who he has never meet, which has a weird feeling about something when he meets