William Faulkner s Bride Comes From Yellow Sky - 1202 Words

Authors have to work to intrigue readers to continue reading. It’s not an easy task, but they manage, as when they leave a reader wondering â€Å"why,† it adds suspense to a reader while they read. The reader starts to anticipate what would happen next and continue to wonder. The author keeps the reader interested and works better for the story. Two authors that incorporate suspense into their stories are Stephen Crane (Bride Comes to Yellow Sky) and William Faulkner (A Rose for Emily). The suspense is included in both stories, by the stories point of view, organization and inevitable change. The points of view in which the stories are told, initiates the suspense which is incorporated into the reader. In Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, Crane added†¦show more content†¦Would he still be respect by the town? As for A Rose for Emily, Faulkner incorporated suspense by the narrator’s voice, due to the lack of knowledge the reader had of Emily, the reader questions everything that occurs. It makes the reader want to know more of Emily, and what made her so isolated from the town. The entire town people gossiped about her, which lets the reader know the entire town was very judgmental and petty on how they waited for her death. The people of the town came out to be discriminating, judgmental, and nosy, but this added to the suspense on what really went on with Emily. No one really knew why she isolated herself, why there was a horrible smell around Emily’s house, and as well no one was ever seen to go in or out of her house. All these questions made it suspens eful for answers. The organization of the stories is essential to the suspense of these two stories by Crane and Faulkner. In Bride Comes to Yellow sky, the authors incorporate suspense into the characters, which bounces back and forth between the characters. The reader gets to understand each character, as for Jack Potter he’s scared on how he will be perceived by others, due to him being married now, instead of him being married to only his job. As well Scratchy Wilson, the suspense is definitely added to his character because he’s drunk and is going around Yellow Sky shooting, and challenging anyone to have a gunfight. No one dares to