Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady” is a realistic fiction story about a man named Billy Weaver, who has arrived in Bath, England for a business matter. On the way, a bed and breakfast catch his eye and he enters. When he enters he meets the owner of the bed and breakfast who is a sweet old lady. She offers Billy some tea. He accepts the offer to have tea, due to the old lady’s kind and caring nature. By using foreshadowing and description Roald Dahl creates the lesson that trust is to be earned over time.
Trust needing to be earned over time is the main issue in this story. One example of this is because of Billy trusting the old woman, he potentially becomes her next victim. The author shows that trust needs to be earned over time. Also, …show more content…
One way that Roald Dahl uses one of his craft moves is when the older woman is talking with Billy about the other men who spent the night in her bed and breakfast. Also, she leaves subtle hints that the two men who spent the night there may have died in the bed and breakfast. “Left? She said, arching her brows.But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr.Temple is also here. They’re on the third floor, both of them together.” This shows that the old woman knew what she was doing, because why other would she tell Billy about the two other men. Also, she was looking at Billy when he was drinking the tea, implying that she had poisoned it. Roald Dahl’s foreshadowing in the passage is not the only way he uses craft moves to develop the story. He also uses description to make the readers to see the world through Billy’s eyes. An example of this is when Billy describes the tea the old woman gives him when they are sitting in the living room chatting. “Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate from her person. It was not in the least unpleasant, and it reminded him - well, he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of. Pickled walnuts, New leather, Or was it the corridors of a hospital?” This line shows what Billy is thinking about the tea and it also gives the reader a whiff of how Billy is
Trust needing to be earned over time is the main issue in this story. One example of this is because of Billy trusting the old woman, he potentially becomes her next victim. The author shows that trust needs to be earned over time. Also, …show more content…
One way that Roald Dahl uses one of his craft moves is when the older woman is talking with Billy about the other men who spent the night in her bed and breakfast. Also, she leaves subtle hints that the two men who spent the night there may have died in the bed and breakfast. “Left? She said, arching her brows.But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr.Temple is also here. They’re on the third floor, both of them together.” This shows that the old woman knew what she was doing, because why other would she tell Billy about the two other men. Also, she was looking at Billy when he was drinking the tea, implying that she had poisoned it. Roald Dahl’s foreshadowing in the passage is not the only way he uses craft moves to develop the story. He also uses description to make the readers to see the world through Billy’s eyes. An example of this is when Billy describes the tea the old woman gives him when they are sitting in the living room chatting. “Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate from her person. It was not in the least unpleasant, and it reminded him - well, he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of. Pickled walnuts, New leather, Or was it the corridors of a hospital?” This line shows what Billy is thinking about the tea and it also gives the reader a whiff of how Billy is