Mystery Stories Essay

Mystery Stories Essay

A good mystery story is written to tease the readers, never letting them know what will happen next. The readers are constantly misled to make them get more involved in the story. A mystery story should be comforting sending a message that life’s mysteries can be solved and always have an explanation at the end. They can also carry hidden meanings and messages. For example all of life’s mysteries and problems have a solution.
My study is of two mystery stories ‘A Vendetta’ and ‘The Three Strangers’. I will be looking at the way mystery is built and sustained and the purposes of the two writers. The main aim of a writer is to entertain their readers; in order to do this they must use clues, red herrings and twists to prevent their readers from predicting the ending.
I believe that Thomas Hardy is writing a story about the issues that can surround a small and close community. For example the characters willingness to let in complete stran...