... planning revenge by 'A new light had suddenly come into the sultry gloom of his eyes.' In the story 'The Whole Town's Sleeping' the tension starts later after the body is found. At the ends of both stories there is a strange sort of twist. In 'The Whole Town's Sleeping' there is a person at the end who clears their throat and at the end of 'the Cone' it leaves you on the edge. The characters in the stories are reasonably similar. In both stories there are three main characters. In the story 'The Whole Town's Sleeping' they are, Lavinia, Francine and Helen. In 'The Cone' they are, Mr Horrocks, Mrs Horrocks and Raut. In 'The Whole Town's Sleeping', my favourite character would be Lavinia. I think she is the character that makes the story more interesting. Lavinia is the one who decides to walk home and be independent which creates ...

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