The Landlady Book Vs Movie Essay

In the short story, “The LandLady” by Roald Dahl, there is a scene in the movie that is not in the book. “The Landlady” is a short story about a 17 year old man named Billy Weaver, who travels to the city of Bath. Here, he searches for a place to stay for the night and comes across a bed and breakfast; which he thought would be nice since he saw some animals inside. He then meets the Landlady, who he thinks is kind of crazy. After signing the guest book and reading the names in it, the two sit down for some tea which Billy thought smelled like almonds. This is where the book and the movie get different. The book ends off with the Landlady saying that he was the only one staying at the house. But the movie keeps going on and adds the ending to the movie. In this scene, after the Landlady talks to Billy, Billy gets up and starts to hold his stomach as if he is getting sick. This is when Billy …show more content…
For example, the movie director made the last part of the movie up since it was not in the book. But he did not just blindly guess what would happen, he took clues the author put in the book that hinted toward what would happen to Billy. One of the clues was the tea Billy and the Landlady drank. Billy says in the story “‘No, thank you,’ Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he did not much care for it. “ There is a poison called Cyanide that tastes like almonds. This suggests the Landlady poisoned Billy and took him upstairs to get stuffed just like the other two boys, which is how the movie went. This scene being added did not affect the movie at all. Since the scene was not in the book, the only way it could affect something is the audience’s opinions in what happened to Billy Weaver. This scene was not included in the book so the reader could make their own ending with the hints that the author left, like the