The Landlady Story

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In the story The Landlady a 17 year-old boy decides to stay at a bed and breakfast. Throughout the story we realize that the lady who is taking care of him starts to act a little bit weird. We know this because she is only interested in catering to young males. What gives us another reason for us to believe she is weird is that no one else staying at the bed and breakfast. Us readers care about Billy and don't want him to die or get hurt by the landlady. Not caring about the character(s) is one of the many traits of a horror story, therefore; this does classify as a horror story. Not only is it not a horror story because we care about the character, but the setting as also not like a horror story. In beginning of the story Billy is looking

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