The Landlady
Have you ever noticed a deer's head on a wall, or a bear as a carpet. Well the landlady in the story The Landlady has done more than that. She has stuffed things herself. This may be a result of her being crazy or just her being lonely. She was sneaky enough to do more than just that.
The landlady is a rather stealthy woman. She isn’t strong enough to take Billy out by fighting. For that reason she thinks of poisoning him. Even as she brought Billy some tea he didn’t notice her creep into the room. “Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person” (Dahl 4). This particular section of the story hinted to the poison the landlady had slipped into Billy’s tea. Billy didn’t have a clue what was going on throughout the entire story, both because he’s sort of ignorant and the landlady covers her tracks.
When you think of a landlady some things that …show more content…
She shows it in so many ways you’d have to be blind to miss it. The oddest thing of all would have to be her stuffing humans. (Billy says he thought she’d have lots of guests) “ . . . I’m inclined to be just a teeny weeny bit choosey and particular - if you see what I mean” (Dahl 2). This is a strange comment when you take a little time to think about it. Why would she choose who to let in if she knows they are normal people?
The landlady is a sneaky, lonely, and crazy woman who stuffs people for fun! So as you’ve hopefully found out by now the landlady is a slippery, lonely, lunatic. If you still don’t agree then read The Landlady and you’ll notice she’s that and more, such as jumpy, despicable, or even desperate for a friend. The landlady may not have been the main character but with her strange personality she very well could be. There’s billions of story characters you could find. However there aren’t many quite as different as the
Have you ever noticed a deer's head on a wall, or a bear as a carpet. Well the landlady in the story The Landlady has done more than that. She has stuffed things herself. This may be a result of her being crazy or just her being lonely. She was sneaky enough to do more than just that.
The landlady is a rather stealthy woman. She isn’t strong enough to take Billy out by fighting. For that reason she thinks of poisoning him. Even as she brought Billy some tea he didn’t notice her creep into the room. “Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person” (Dahl 4). This particular section of the story hinted to the poison the landlady had slipped into Billy’s tea. Billy didn’t have a clue what was going on throughout the entire story, both because he’s sort of ignorant and the landlady covers her tracks.
When you think of a landlady some things that …show more content…
She shows it in so many ways you’d have to be blind to miss it. The oddest thing of all would have to be her stuffing humans. (Billy says he thought she’d have lots of guests) “ . . . I’m inclined to be just a teeny weeny bit choosey and particular - if you see what I mean” (Dahl 2). This is a strange comment when you take a little time to think about it. Why would she choose who to let in if she knows they are normal people?
The landlady is a sneaky, lonely, and crazy woman who stuffs people for fun! So as you’ve hopefully found out by now the landlady is a slippery, lonely, lunatic. If you still don’t agree then read The Landlady and you’ll notice she’s that and more, such as jumpy, despicable, or even desperate for a friend. The landlady may not have been the main character but with her strange personality she very well could be. There’s billions of story characters you could find. However there aren’t many quite as different as the