The Catbird Seat Suspense Essay

In the short story “The Catbird Seat”, the author develops suspense despite the fact that he told the reader Mr. Martin was going to kill Mrs. Barrows by not fully telling Mr. Martin’s plan to the reader. In the beginning of the short story Thurber tells the reader Mr. Martin’s intentions, but not his plan, maintaining the suspense of the story. Thurber writes “Mr. Martin had spent each night of the past week working out his plan and examining it,” this builds suspense by letting the reader know that Mr. Martin has a big plan for Mrs. Barrows’ death. Soon after Mr. Martin says “ ‘Gentlemen of the Jury… I demand the death penalty for this horrible person.’,’ this shows that Mr. Martin is now starting to put his plan into action, this builds