etter, the reader is made to want to read on. Words such as 'evil forebodings' and 'disaster' create a picture in the reader's mind.
             Carrie however starts slightly differently but is still using the technique of, not starting the storyline in the present, but however going back, or forward in time to give an introduction to the reader and then going back to the main plot. This is done to get the story across to the reader. It opens with a strange news report. The report tells the reader about strange goings on in the Whites family household. This immediately notifies the reader that the book is going to be about strange and unnatural things.
             Already we can compare Frankenstein and Carrie. The structure is not entirely similar but the idea of opening the book in the future or past and then going to the main point in time is. Both authors start at a different point in time to the main bulk of the book. Either a few years before or a few years after. 'Frankestein' starts of in the futur
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