Examples Of Suspense In The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky

The author of the story “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”, Stephen Crane, used way less suspense than William Faulkner did in “A Rose for Emily”. Crane tries to use suspense in many areas of his story, but at those moments it did not seem as serious than the moments where Faulkner used suspense in his. For example, Crane said “Scratchy Wilson’s drunk, and has turned loose with both hands” (202) he goes on to say “The two Mexicans at once set down their glasses and faded out of the rear entrance of the saloon” (202). The two hispanics exiting the saloon is supposed to make the reader fear of what is to come, but the sentence before tells you it is just a drunk. Although Crane tries to make this figure seem scary, he does not do it well and