What Is The Mood Of The Man In The Black Suit

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In Steven King's short story "The Man in the Black Suit", he uses his outstanding writing ability and sneaky writing tactics to make the reader horrified while reading this piece of literature. First of all, his choice of the main character gives a different perspective of the story, consequently adding to the feeling of dread that is already prominent. Secondly, the little details, even if they may seem insignificant at first, create the mood perfectly. Lastly, the religious themes cause the story to be much more horrific than the reader expects.

For instance, the fact that the narrative is during 1914 brings to attention that the setting is going to be religious. At first, that tiny detail may seem irrelevant until Gary, the protagonist, meets the Devil himself. …show more content…
The sudden change in setting drastically changes the mood of the story, it switches from a warm and open atmosphere to a cold and narrow one. Additionally, King wrote the woods as if it was a different world entirely, it becomes closed in and obscured from the sunlight of the actual world. The reader starts to feel worried about the protagonist going into an isolated setting alone, in fact, it makes the reader question what will Gary meet in the woods. King uses this brilliant tactic to make the readers become more interested and cautious of the story and his characters.

The little details, the characters and the religious themes are all well done and wrap the story together. "The Man in the Black Suit", is one of the finest short horror story ever written. Nevertheless, it's Stephen King's short piece that hooks in the readers and grabs at their curiosity in the story. His writing tactics are useful for other writer's benefit to make their own stories as creative as his own. Until then, Stephen King will remain the finest writer of horror stories in this

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