...The art of tricking or deceiving, is defined by the word deception. In the short story "The Open Window" by H. H. Munro, the theme of deception is demonstrated perfectly through the character of Mrs. Sappleton's niece. She has an impressive talent of getting people to believe what she tells them and then using it to scare people off, just as she did with Framton Nuttel. The author does an incredible job of developing the characters point of view and even deceiving the reader until the very end of the story. He does this by staying vague, creating a conversational scene before Mr. Nuttel meets Mrs. Sappleton, and finally by building the character of the niece. To start, the short story starts in the middle of an activity, making the reader infer the situation. By keeping it vague, the author now has the reader in a vulnerable position to present the developing plot of the story. There is a man who has recently moved in to the area and being a new comer, is trying to meet people to make...
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