The Hitchhiker By Lucille Fletcher

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In the play “The Hitchhiker” by Lucille Fletcher it describes the journey of a man who is travelling to California. As Ronald Adams sets out on his drive he crosses the Brooklyn Bridge. While crossing the Brooklyn Bridge he sees in man leaning against cables. He proceeds to continue to see this man on his journey to California. The author use tone in the story to make the character appear paranoid,frantic,and scared which appeals to the horror within the story. Within the text the author makes the character appear paranoid though his tone when he realize that he’s seeing the same hitchhiker every time. The character mentions early in the text that he would have forgotten him completely, but then Adams realizes he sees him again. “ I couldn’t

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