Roald Dahl’s realistic fiction short story, “The Landlady”, takes place in Bath, England at a creepy bed and breakfast. In the story a seventeen year old boy, Billy is trying to find a place to stay, when he comes across the bed and breakfast he ends up staying at. There he meets the landlady. By using foreshadowing and certain word choices, Roald Dahl teaches the lesson looks can be deceiving. An important topic seen throughout the story is trust. In the story Billy puts all of his trust into the landlady even though he just met her. One example is, when the landlady greets him and welcomes him inside, Billy goes inside without even thinking about who the lady is or what she could want from him. In the story, it says “Now the fact
