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Summary Of The Elevator By William Sleator
“ The Elevator” Literary Analysis
Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc. In the reading “ The Elevator” William Sleator (author) shows that Martin ( main character) is unable to overcome his fears by building suspense showing that Martin tries everything he can to avoid the elevator. The fears Martin has of the elevator are that his scare of close spaces (claustrophobia) , and that the is a fat lady that goes through the elevator(sizeism). Also that his scare to disappoint his dad. For William Sleator to show Martin’s fears he has to have fears also, they may not be the same fears but he can relate how Martin feels to what he feels by going through his fears. By him knowing what are his fears or fear and
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