Cujo Stephen King Analysis

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In the novel Cujo, author Stephen King uses third-person limited point of view to enhance the level of suspense in the story. Third-person limited point of view is when an author focuses on one person’s feelings while the other characters are only there externally. In the novel Cujo, the author Stephen King uses Donna as the main focus to enhance the level of suspense. At the beginning of the novel, Donna sees a dog and responds by thinking “But oh my”. The author puts this as a short line in the story. This makes it seem like the time is passing by quickly. This also creates suspense because the audience will be wondering why she is thinking “But oh my”. Is it because she saw something or is it because she did something? A few seconds later,

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