Are you Afraid?
While both The Landlady and Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl are great stories; both were not scary as they were more creepy. One problem with both stories is that there is a disconnect between the reader and the main characters. In The Landlady, Billy is very naive and always figures things out a little too late compared to the reader, taking them out of the experience. In Lamb to the slaughter the reader follows the killer, slowly losing their mind. While interesting, it again brings the reader out of the experience because they know how it will end, either she is caught or gets away with it. While some might think of this as a positive, the fact that the threat is so “normal” can also be taken as a bad thing. While realistic,
While both The Landlady and Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl are great stories; both were not scary as they were more creepy. One problem with both stories is that there is a disconnect between the reader and the main characters. In The Landlady, Billy is very naive and always figures things out a little too late compared to the reader, taking them out of the experience. In Lamb to the slaughter the reader follows the killer, slowly losing their mind. While interesting, it again brings the reader out of the experience because they know how it will end, either she is caught or gets away with it. While some might think of this as a positive, the fact that the threat is so “normal” can also be taken as a bad thing. While realistic,