"The birds" + "sepetember 11th 1997"

The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier (short story)

“The birds” by Daphne Du Maurier is a dramatic and gripping short story. Du Maurier uses excellent word choice and skilful technique to create tension and suspense throughout the story. The story follows a very unusual and far-fetched plot about birds that have turned violent towards the population of a small seaside town due to a change in the weather. Nat Hocken, a regular family man becomes his family’s only means of survival.
Du Maurier tries to create scenes of suspense from the very beginning of the story. The very first line, “On December the third the wind changed overnight and it was winter” is already creating an uneasy feeling as if something bad is about to happen due to the change of the wind. The author then goes on to build up even more suspense by telling us how “The birds had been even more restless than ever this fall of the year”. The restlessness and agitation of the birds creates a lot of tension but so...