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Throughout our lifetime most of us will read many stories. Some of these stories can be adventurous, romantic or horrifying. Some of these stories are good to read while some are very predictable and boring. Although some stories that are predicable tend to be boring, it is a not a case for "", a ghost story, where it's predictability builds suspense; thus making the story interesting and frightening.
In the beginning the author sets the scene by telling us a story within a story. A. M. Burrage takes us back in time explaining the death of a young girl. This young girl dies playing the game of hide-and-seek. The author then transcent you into the second story where much of the ...

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game are simple. "Every player is presented with a sheet of paper. All the sheets are blank except one, on which is written "". Nobody knows who is "" except "" hims! elf-or herself, as the case may be. The lights are then turned out and "" slips from the room and goes off to hide, and after an interval the other players go off in search, without knowing whom they are actually in search of. One player meeting another challenges with the word "" and the other player, if not the once concerned, answers ….The real make no answer when challenged, and the second player remains quietly by him." P. 378 By this time the author have used her tools of writing by presenting the background information and tying it up with the present story. It appeals to the senses because part of it is foreshadowing and part of it allowed us to predict what will happen next. You could call it role playing because you act if you were the narrator. But the narrator doesn't know as much as you do. He ...

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Added: 11/20/2006 02:58:01 PM
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