Creating suspense

One way that authors create suspense is characters working against a deadline. An example from trash is when Raphael, Gardo and Rat are trying to solve the mystery of Jose Angelico’s death before the police catch them. This shows that police are also solving the mystery of Jose Angelico so gardo, Raphael and Rat is desperate and scared that police are going to catch them and do something. Another example is when Gardo and Olivia went to prison and they had limited time to talk to Gabriel Olondriz, they went to colva prison to get information of Jose Angelico to solve the mystery but they only had limited time so they couldn’t talk a lot about the Jose Angelico but Gabriel Olondriz told them what is the code about. Moreover when ‘next morning they were knocking on the door again’ this means that police are going to capture them because police also know that the Gardo, Raphael and Rat have more information and more stuff than police so police find them and they were going to catch them.

 Another way that authors create suspense is readers knowing more than characters. An example from trash is when police doesn’t know who have the bag but the reader knows who have the bag. This is when police went to the dumpsite to find Jose Angelico’s bag, here they told us that Raphael got the bag. Another example is when Gardo, Rat and Raphael were lying to Sister Olivia to meet Gabriel Olondriz. Here sister Olivia didn’t really know who was the person she is going to meet because Raphael, Rat and Gardo lied to sister Olivia that they want to meet Grandfather in Colva prison but truth was they were going to meet Gabriel Olondriz to get the information of Jose Angelico. Also when

readers know that now boys cracked the code after they went to Gabriel Olondriz and he told what is the code about and how to solve it but the police man doesn’t know what is the code about yet.

Adding an element of surprise is also the way that authors create suspense. An example from trash is when the police came to dumpsite to find the bag that Raphael found. This is when story began. Another example is when police knew that Raphael got the bag and the police taken away Raphael he was beat by the police he almost died but he kept lying and the police just let him go. Last example is when Gabriel Olondriz died after the day when Raphael went to him to find the information about Jose Angelico.

 Lastly the way that authors create suspense is conflict. An example from trash is when Raphael and his family arguing about the bag. This is when they first found the bag and when the police came and said they will give them money if they find it so his family and Raphael is arguing about the bag if he would give the police the bag or not, but Raphael didn’t gave the bag to police because he didn’t believe in police. Another example is when Marco won’t give them the bible without payment. This is when they went to Gabriel Olondriz. Next example is when Jose Angelico had to go to the jail instead of Zapanta. This happened because Zapanta stoled 6million and he lied that Jose Angelico stole the money and everyone thought.

In conclusion suspense make people to read more and make book more interesting.