DeLillo continues to say “It shows” or “It is” at the beginning of multiple paragraphs. This makes the piece very easy for the reader to understand what is happening, the clarity of the words DeLillo uses makes the buildup of suspense that much greater. If he were to use confusing, long-winded phrases he would lose the reader and the suspense all together. DeLillo speaks of a gunman before the reader knows that the man is shot. This causes the reader to pay more attention and become more intrigued to what is about to happen in the story. He says “Here it comes…Now here is where he gets hit” (DeLillo 61). The reader is waiting impatiently for something big to finally happen and then it all happens at once, the man is shot and DeLillo finally gives the reader some information about the Texas Highway killer. The suspense that was built up for this scene, made the impact on the reader that much more
DeLillo continues to say “It shows” or “It is” at the beginning of multiple paragraphs. This makes the piece very easy for the reader to understand what is happening, the clarity of the words DeLillo uses makes the buildup of suspense that much greater. If he were to use confusing, long-winded phrases he would lose the reader and the suspense all together. DeLillo speaks of a gunman before the reader knows that the man is shot. This causes the reader to pay more attention and become more intrigued to what is about to happen in the story. He says “Here it comes…Now here is where he gets hit” (DeLillo 61). The reader is waiting impatiently for something big to finally happen and then it all happens at once, the man is shot and DeLillo finally gives the reader some information about the Texas Highway killer. The suspense that was built up for this scene, made the impact on the reader that much more