something staring back at me and then the lights would start to flicker. In “The Elevator” by William Sleator a thin twelve-year-old boy called Martin was severely claustrophobic inside elevators.To get to his floor he would have to take the elevator. Which was his his biggest fear that he could not seem to overcome. Martin would eventually have to face his fear to get to his new apartment. William Sleator shows us Martin’s lack of ability to get over his fears of building suspense through Martin’s
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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
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In the story‚ The Elevator by William Sleator‚ the main character Martin is afraid of those things listed‚ and avoids every possible route from the elevator. I can relate to martin‚ because I fear needles and would do anything to get out of the situation occurring with a needle. In the short story‚ William Sleator shows that Martin is unable to overcome his fears by building suspense and showing that he will do anything to avoid the elevator. SECTION HEADER Sleator shows Martin having claustrophobia
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school I was terrified of needles. Ever since I got over my fear of them‚ I think back and have no idea why I was so scared of them. Needles are just small thin pointy objects that can barely do any harm to you. In the story‚ The Elevator‚ by William Sleator‚ a 12 year old boy named Martin is trying to deal with his egregious fear. I can understand that he has claustrophobia‚ because as far as I know claustrophobia is a common fear. However his paranoia and intimidation are pathetic. Since Martin
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You will be scared of strangers in William Sleator’s story “The Elevator”. The story suggests that you should be cautious but not paranoid in certain situations. This is proved by the fact that Martin’s father called him a “wimp” for being afraid of an old lady when he ran into her in the elevator. As a result‚ Martin was not believed and he was left alone to meet the old lady in the elevator‚ who called Martin by his actual name at the end of the story when they were in the elevator the lady pressed
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William Sleator’s short story‚ “The Elevator”‚ takes place in this old hotel with creepy old Elevators and a set of creepy stairs. Martin a thin twelve-year-old moved into the creepy hotel‚ he (Martin) said‚ “Of course he was always uncomfortable in Elevators‚ afraid that they would fall‚ but there was something especially unpleasant about this one.” Maybe the dimensions of the contraption that bothered him‚ so small that it felt uncomfortably crowded even when there was only one other person in
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“The Elevator” Martin‚ a 12 year old boy from “The Elevator” by William Sleator‚ feels like a coward‚ has low self esteem‚ and always worries about things in everyday life. Martin isn’t the strongest‚ he isn’t very good at sports‚ and he gets bullied at school. In the story‚ Martins main problem is an old elevator at his new apartment. He is afraid of it. It only has room for three people‚ and it feels like it could break down at any moment. His problem gets worse when a creepy fat lady starts
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Like me‚ I was always paranoid of heights and when I got on a I was overthinking my fear and then I took a moment to let my fear pass me and I was ok after that. And how does the author show martin’s inability to overcome his fear. The author William Sleator shows that Martin is unable to overcome his fears by building suspense that martin tries to avoid going on the elevator. This is because Martin is scared of elevators and is also claustrophobic. He is also paranoid by the old fat lady he may
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Through many of his poems‚ William Carlos Williams presents the reality of poverty among a great portion of the American society. Within Williams’ work of Selected Poems‚ he not only reveals the trapped lifestyle of those living in poverty‚ but he also represents the horror of the war between social classes along with the coinciding war on the poor. Williams’ use of plutonic images among these poems provides powerful meaning to his argument of American societal values‚ claiming the men of America
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4: The Firetruck and the Wheelbarrow” William Carlos Williams has a tendency to hyperbolize and glorify objects in order to demonstrate their importance to the functioning of human society. This is done to the effect of creating “unsung heroes” out of everyday objects and encourages the reader to understand the value of little things in all situations. Interestingly‚ he does all of this without personifying his subjects. In “The Great Figure”‚ Williams describes a fire truck rushing down an urban
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