Night of the Twister

"Night of the Twister"


Is it a mystery or suspense?
The story Night of the Twister is a suspense because you kno that the men are criminals but you want to know what they are going to do with Karen.
When is the suspense introduced?
The suspense in this story is introduced when Garth holds Karen at gun point.

How is it resolved?
It is resolved at the end when Karen shoots Garth with the antique shotgun.

Did the author include any red herrings?
The author included red herrings when Karen told the criminals that tornado's sounded just like a freight train, so when the train came it scared them and gave her time to climb up to the shot gun and get it down while the men were hiding away in the storm cellar.
Is the story an example of poetic justice?
This story is a good example of poetic justice for two reasons. For one thing the Criminals who had broken out of jail and that have committed many unpunished crimes have faced the consequences, and second like the police officer said to Karen and she was very lucky but also had to live with such a harsh thing such as killing someone.


"Night of the Twister" is a story about a very courageous woman who is stuck in a house with very violent criminals but she is able to stay on the same page as the men and keep herself safe, this story is a suspense because you never no what will happen next. Karen is one of the main characters in this story, she was at her parents house tidying up when the funnel clouds started forming and she wouldn't dare to leave the house for the travel home. While she was stuck in the house she thought she herd a car pull up but on her way to the window the door was kicked open and two men came barging in with pistols pointed at her, the men were two criminals who had broken out of jail the day before and as she herd on the radio they had killed a motorist stole his car and brutally beat a waitress that morning. They were on there way to the freeway when the road got washed out and they had to take the cow road but it lead them to her parents farm house. The men questioned her at gun point and she sat answering them calmly being as clam as she could be. The one older man who went by the name of Garth ordered the other man Jerry to search the house for other people just in case she was lying. He also searched for money and during one of his searches he found a picture of Karen and her father ,her father wearing a police uniform so she told them that he was not a trooper any more but because he was once they assumed that there would be guns in the home ,she told them about the ones upstairs but not the antique one on the wall in the kitchen because they would probably assume that it did not work but it was loaded and ready for fire. Later she made them a quick supper of hot dogs and caned beans, and she told them her memories of tornado's and how they sound like freight trains, she went on to scare them a little bit and finally Garth told her to stop the talk about tornado's. Garth told her how when they were done with her she would really be sorry that the house didn't have any money in it and Karen told Garth that he didn't really have to hurt her he could lock her in the storm cellar or even take her with them but not to hurt her. Then they heard the sound it was like a freight train she asked the men if they heard it to and with out any haste they hurried into the storm cellar and that gave Karen time to climb the chair and grab the antique shotgun aim and when Garth peeked back up to see what she was waiting for she fired the blasts killed Garth instantly but Jerry would live with injuries. The Police came and hauled away the Jerry and Garth's body and the one police man who had been standing with Karen as she watched them put Garth's body in the hearse told Karen how lucky she is to still be alive and how careless the men must have been to let her get her hands on a gun, and how she will have to live with the weight of killing a person for the rest of her life. She told the police officer how she tricked them when she told them that the tornado sounded like a freight train and when the train came a little before ten she told them it was a tornado and how that gave her enuff time to get down the gun.