A great number of people enjoy the feeling of being frightened whether by a movie, story, play, or whatever else. Even so, most like to have a little scare every now and then. In Lucille Fletchers, The Hitchhiker, a man is taking a road trip from Brooklyn to California. However, it is not just an average road trip. The main character, Ronald Adams, comes across a mysterious man on the way. Everywhere he goes, the strange man is in his presence. This triggers Adams to become a little deranged. This certain feeling is created by Fletcher’s effective use of the elements of plot. She takes her audience from a state of tranquility to an area of suspense. Nevertheless, her plot elements work together to make an effective play.
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Everything comes together and the story’s main conflict is usually resolved. “It’s all been very sudden. He was killed just six days ago in an automobile accident on the Brooklyn Bridge” (Fletcher 1011). Adams realizes he is dead- or, possibly? Referring back to the beginning of the play, he first saw the man on Brooklyn Bridge. Fletcher now leaves the audience unsure of the situation. What is going on? “Somewhere among them, he is waiting for me” (Fletcher 1011). Fletcher is trying to make her readers confused. She is trying to make her story unaccountable. Where and who is this mysterious man? Possibly, could the man be Adams himself? This is the mindset Fletchers wants her readers to be in. She may want her readers to ask themselves questions in the end- it could be her goal. “Somewhere I shall know who he is, and who…I…am…” (Fletcher 1011). She leaves this sort of confusing situation at the end purposely. The resolution seems to be hard to find. Is there even a resolution? Was the conflict really solved? Lucille made all the plot elements work together, leaving the end of the play in a mysterious
To being, the parts of plot elements associate together, making …show more content…
Everything comes together and the story’s main conflict is usually resolved. “It’s all been very sudden. He was killed just six days ago in an automobile accident on the Brooklyn Bridge” (Fletcher 1011). Adams realizes he is dead- or, possibly? Referring back to the beginning of the play, he first saw the man on Brooklyn Bridge. Fletcher now leaves the audience unsure of the situation. What is going on? “Somewhere among them, he is waiting for me” (Fletcher 1011). Fletcher is trying to make her readers confused. She is trying to make her story unaccountable. Where and who is this mysterious man? Possibly, could the man be Adams himself? This is the mindset Fletchers wants her readers to be in. She may want her readers to ask themselves questions in the end- it could be her goal. “Somewhere I shall know who he is, and who…I…am…” (Fletcher 1011). She leaves this sort of confusing situation at the end purposely. The resolution seems to be hard to find. Is there even a resolution? Was the conflict really solved? Lucille made all the plot elements work together, leaving the end of the play in a mysterious