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The short story “Ruthless” by William DeMille starts when some guys rob Judson and take his alcohol. Judson gets really mad as a result of this. He then puts poison so they would die if they stole it and drank it. Then while getting ready to leave he slipped and fell and got knocked out. Some guy named Alan found him and took care of him and gave him the alcohol to give him energy. As a result of this Judson died of his own alcohol. I think it was not okay for Judson to take justice into his own hands. I think this because he is not a cop and should have left the police to do this. Once at school, I got some food stolen from me. As a result of this, I did not tell a teacher and instead stole his food. After that, he snitched and we both got in trouble. I think that it was both Judson’s fault and not his fault. I think it was his fault because he did not call the cops. I also think it was not his fault for trying to solve his own problem. Something unfair that happened to me was when I ...

  The Psychology of Suspense by R.J. Jacobs is about the four ways suspense works on you. One of the reasons is suspense engages the mind. I agree with the reason that suspense engages the mind. I agree with this because I think it makes the watcher pay more attention to engage them more in the movie. One movie that has suspense and that I watched is called Five Nights at Freddy’s. I reacted to a scene differently because I used the clues from the movie to figure out what happened when there was a different scene going on and because of this I acted surprised. Horror movies have fear and suspense and they are not the same. This is because fear is when you are scared, but suspense gets you more engaged.  In the end, I think suspense is a good touch in movies.