Examples Of Suspense In Zusak

The foreshadowing the author uses creates a tone of suspense - it makes the whole novel feel very morose. Zusak doesn’t use foreshadowing the way most authors do - he doesn’t just suggest future occurrences, he directly tells you about events (major character deaths, important plot points, etc.) that will happen hundreds of pages later in the novel. However, this does not change the effect these emotional events have on you when they’re actually played out; it creates suspense. You know that these tragedies are going to occur, yet there’s nothing you can do about it. You don’t know when it will happen, or why, or in what circumstances. There are always a few crucial details that you feel like you don’t know. It is a method of writing that is