The signalman is a mystery/ghost story, which is very hard to get the hang of. As the story is set in a dark place on the side of a railway track it keeps the story in suspense and tension the story is based on a person who gets visions that the signal light keeps going on and weird things keep happening. The language is set for thirteen's and higher. There are many complicated words in the story that keep it very suspense and makes you want to read it more when you have got well into it. The story in my eyes is not very good.
Well iam not really into them kind of books but I would recommend it to people who like to read long stories. I would stick to my Playstation and Kerrang magazines.ConversationsThe signalman admits nearly everything. The narrator things he is loosing is mind and is concerned about the signalman He is seeing things like the signal light going on and off.
The other signalman said that he never saw the signal light going off and he was wide-awake. I think it is a bit dangerous having a dodgy signalman because he could change the tracks and there could be a big accident or something.His FearThe signalman is very scared because as he is seeing thing he thinks something bad is going to happen to him, or someone else. But if he tells someone he thinks he will get the sack.
He keeps seeing strange ghost figures at the end of the tunnel. And as he gets closer the figures fade away. This frightens him and is very worried.LanguageThe language is complicated and is not is not used in everyday conversations. There are difficult words such as compulsion, prolongation and architecture. These words were found in just three sentences and the story is over twelve pages long.
His AppearanceThe narrator shouted to the signalman,"Hello down there,"The signalman acted like he thought he heard it from down the line so he looked down the line to see who it was.The tension is kept in the story because this person the signalman keeps seeing the signal light going off so he has to check down the line. There is a bit of tension in the story too because as the signalman is going bats he could do something stupid.'A gloomier entrance to a black tunnel' this quote describes the tunnel as a huge dark scary tunnel and it seems something bad is going to happen.The tunnel is dark with a cold choking air because of all the rats down there.
'The dripping-wet walls of jagged stone' this quote means the walls of the tunnel are dripping wet and never gets any sun on it. And the jagged stone creates suspense in the storyThe walls are made of thick stone and echo when you shout which means that if a train is coming you will hear it from a distance (like a warning signal).'A cold wind that stuck a chill to me' the story acts like a ghost was around him because he got a chill down his spine. This quote could mean that there could be a ghost around because when a ghost is near you, you always get a cold shiver down your spine.
The weather was a thick mist and you could only just see down the tracks. 'There was a barbarous, depressing and forbidding air.'This quote creates suspense and tells you that something super natural is going to happen.The tunnel was so dark that you couldn't even see you hand in front of your face no matter how close it was.
The story was based on the train tracks with a bit tunnel that lots of trains pass through every day.
