How Does Lucille Fletcher Build Fear In The Hitchhiker

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Lucille Fletcher’s story “The Hitchhiker”, is a story that creates fear in the hearts of some people. And not just any fear, a fear that would impel even the strongest man to go insane. The main character, Ronald Adams, had that fear, with seeing a hitchhiker more than ten times drove him to almost getting hit by a train. Fletcher creates an effective, and suspenseful story, with the use of elemental plots. Lucille Fletcher’s character, Ronald Adams, a thirty-six year old man from Brooklyn, New York, heading down route sixty-six to California. In the beginning of the story trying to convince his readers that he is sane. “All this I know. I know that I am, at the moment, perfectly sane (1001)”. Ronald then sees a hitchhiker, “leaning against

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