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Short Story Analysis of "Uneasy Homecoming"

Short Story Analysis of "Uneasy Homecoming"


“Uneasy Homecoming” by Will F Jenkins is a short story that has the effect of a particularly tense atmosphere. The story is about a woman named Connie returning to an empty house after a two-week holiday.

When she arrives home she had developed a nervous feeling. While Connie was on holiday some burglaries had taken place. Later Connie finds the loot in her home and uses quick thinking to attract people’s attention from the other side of the bay who then catch the burglar.

In this short story the setting is particularly important in creating a tense atmosphere. He shows this by describing many things about how the house was isolated such as “the house lay on the neck of land beyond most houses”. This creates the impression of a tense atmosphere because Connie is alone, far from any other houses, which means that there was not anybody close to her if she needed any help.

The time of day is also very important in “Uneasy Homecoming”. The writer deliberately sets the short story at night with a ”red dying sun”, a sign of danger in the air and the perfect setting for a horror book or movie. In the story he writes “The red, dying sun cast long shadows across the road”. This is important because it put a picture in my mind of an evening with a fading sun and unusual shaped shadows that seem to move creating a tense atmosphere.

Throughout the “Uneasy Homecoming” the main character played a very important part in creating a tense atmosphere. The main character, Connie, developed a sense of fear about man hunting women. The writer develops this character by writing such things as “the unnerving realisation that the fears she’d had about Them, the men who prey on others”. This phrase in particular shows that Connie is a worried, insecure person who frets about becoming a victim of “Them”. The capital letter is there to show the importance Connie gives these people.

I also noticed that throughout “Uneasy Homecoming” Connie does not hold back in expressing her fear. Many times in the short story the writer shows expression such as “Connie found herself weeping”. This made me think that something was about to happen. I also felt sorry for her at times and think that the tension in the story would be totally different...

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