An Analysis Of 'Uneasy Homecoming'

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1)There are many different ways how suspense is built in the first part of “Uneasy Homecoming” by Will F. Jenkins. In the first part of the short story, the protagonist keeps on talking to herself of her uneasiness and paranoia by stating to herself that it is only her mind playing tricks on herself as the only logical explanation she could think of is that she has not been in her house for a while and that the house is only dark. Connie notices that her fears have been proven true in the second part of “Uneasy homecoming” as she actually discovers physical evidence of the intruder as she now has a legitimate reason to be scared. This builds suspense because in the first part of the short story “Uneasy Homecoming”, the reader senses that something bad is foreshadowed while in the second part of “Uneasy Homecoming” the protagonists greatest fears are proven true as she has found evidence that her house has been invaded. In the first part of the short story “Uneasy …show more content…

Jenkins”. The dialogue revealed the many burglaries that had happened when Connie was talking to Mrs. Winston on the phone. Mrs. Winston had informed Connie of the burglaries as the book states, “the Hamilton 's’ house had been ransacked while they were out for an evening’s bridge……..(p. 144) which implies that the all the burglaries were in the same general area increasing Connie 's fear after she discovers the bag filled with loot. She knows that these are not random items but the items that were stolen from the multiple places. If it were not for the call from Mrs. Winston, Connie may have not thought that the intruder would murder increasing her chances of being murdered. The dialogue also introduces Charles, the son of Mrs. Winston who as Connie states has the creeps when she sees him giving the reader the suspicion of the intruder being Charles 's as he is the only troublesome person in the short story “Uneasy

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