King of the castle tension

Im the King of the Castle legers Coursework Investigate the ways in which Susan Hill engages language to create tension and a sense of boding in Im the King of the Castle Susan Hill implements several writing techniques to create tension in the novel. stress in this sense simply means mental strain or excitement in the readers. unmatchable of the techniques used is shown when she uses a third-person narration to narrate the story. This narrator is omniscient and implies that he/ she is non one of the credits in the novel, and yet at the same time knows e realthing that is running through the characters minds.Hill uses this technique to bring the readers on a journey of moving freely in time and space to allow them to know what any character is doing or thinking at any one point of time. This is only possible because the narrator is not a character in the novel and is allowed to be anywhere, anytime. Susan Hill uses many different techniques to put a point across, the most impo rtant being her use of imagery. However her writing also has many other qualities such(prenominal) as good structure and her might to think like her characters.In addition she manages to build up tension and uses different ways of emphasising words or develops. All of hese factors contribute to her unique reminiscent air and add to her reputation of being a very talented writer. In chapter eleven, she describes vividly how Kingshaw feels sick with fear when Hooper locks him in the shed. He retched, and then began to vomit, all over the sacks, the sick coming down his nose and choking him. It tasted bitter. He bent forwards, holding his run. When it finished he wiped his mouth on the sleeve of his shirt.He was shivering again. This transit is an example of her excellent use of imagery. She conjures up a picture of the scene as well as expressing Kingshaws fears and senses in an evocative style y using a scene that we can all affect to and understand. An example of Susan Hil ls good structure is at the very beginning of the novel, when Hooper and Kingshaw first meet, Hooper sends Kingshaw a note utter l didnt want you to come here. This sets up the story line from the beginning, leading us to calculate events to come.Then at the very end of the novel before Kingshaw commits suicide, Hopper sends him a final note tell Something forget happen to you Kingshaw. She shows the ability to be able to think like a shaver, which adds to the overall affect of the book because the main character is Kingshaw who is a child. This process of her thoughts gives us a wider understanding of Kingshaws character and his One of them is her use of childish language and grammar. Now, he thought, I know what Hooper is really like. Hes a baby. And stupid. And a bully. Notice in this particular phrase that she uses childish words like baby, stupid and bully. The use of short abrupt sentences mark the words and adds to the childish theme, because it is grammatically incorr ect to start a sentence with a conjunction, which is what a child may do). Another form of her childish thinking is how she shows an understanding of hildrens fears and their reactions. An example of this is Kingshaws fear of moths. There ar a lot of moths, Hooper said softly, there always are, in woods. Pretty big ones, as well. Kingshaws stomach clenched.In his nostrils, he could smell the mustiness of the Red Room. This passage shows how Hooper taunts Kingshaw with his fear (childishly). She shows Kingshaws reaction to his fear by saying his stomach clenched. She then continues with his memory of the Red Room, where he had been scared by the death moths, using her evocative style to describe how he associates moths with the musty mell of the Red Room. She uses the example of moths throughout the book, along with Kingshaws other fears such as birds. To keep the reader alert Susan Hill tended to change from one scene to another very abruptly.A Classic example is in chapter six teen, when every one was in the Breakfast room on the mean solar day of Mrs. Helena Kingshaw and Mr. Hoopers wedding announcement. Suddenly the scene changes to them being in a muddy field. This can be quite confusing for the reader but it does keep them alert. It was also in this scene where Susan Hill showed her ability to build up tension. This was done by Kingshaw expressing his fears about something that we do not know about, and Mrs. Helena Kingshaw talking about how he was scared by this thing when he was little.As the passage continues the writer gives us a clue that the unknown fear is of a certain place and finally (after a page of writing) she tells us that the place in question is a circus. Susan Hill uses many different techniques to build up an atmosphere. In my opinion the most effective atmosphere that she created was in chapters twelve and thirteen, when Hooper falls off the castle wall. When Kingshaw reaches the surpass of the castle (without Hooper) he feels a s ense of ower. He shouts out understand how Kingshaw really does feel King, she repeats the phrase l am the King thrice.He felt so powerful that he thought he could kill Hooper. When Kingshaw is in a rage with Hopper, telling him to come down, he swears at him, this shocks the reader, as he is only a child. When Hooper is falling off the castle wall Kingshaw commands TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE WALL, HOOPER. The use of capital earn creates the effect that what he is saying is important. When Hooper falls and is carried off on a stretcher, thunder rumbles in the arse ground which gives the ironic ffect that it is not going to be a good thing for Kingshaw.Kingshaw is then do to get down from the castle, which can be classed as an example of his life. Every time he reaches the raising he is always forced to go back down which is, once again, ironic. The whole book gives an coarse sense of tension to the reader. The atmosphere is one of suspense and danger. The overall use of abrupt, s imple dialogue accentuates the relish of incoming peril. Susan Hill writes the novel in a way which causes the reader to constantly be alert, and to expect the sinister and foreboding to occur. Arsalan Abdullah