Roald Dahl

Looking For Alaska is an amazing young adult novel about a boy, Miles, going to the same boarding school his dad went to when he was younger. We see him grow up and meet new friends in this story, while learning more than he ever imagined. Looking For Alaska was chosen out of hundreds of books to be given the Michael L. Printz award. This award is given to books that are thought to be the best for young adults. Looking For Alaska deserved the Michael L. Printz award for the compelling themes it…

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…

Looking for Alaska by John Green is a mystery filled with twists and turns. This novel tells the story of Miles Halter, a boy obsessed with last words. Miles is new at culver creek, he has no idea what to anticipate the only thing he knows are the story’s of his father when he went to this school. On his first day there he already makes two friends and buys cigarettes, and met the presumable love of his life. Everything Alaska did within the book was impulsive. I don't think she…

WILLY WONKA- SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER About the character Willy Wonka is one of the main characters in Roald Dahl’s famous books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. The character was portrayed by Gene Wilder in the 1971 film adaptation, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and was portrayed by Johnny Depp in the 2005 film adaptation, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Both the films and the books describe Willy Wonka as a phoenix-like man who…

Scary Story Response Paragraph In the stories “Lamb to the Slaughter” and “The Landlady” did have the elements that made the stories creepy. One of the things that made the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” creepy was at the end of the story the police, that were Patrick’s co workers, were eating the murder weapon. The murder weapon was the lamb leg. In the story Mrs. Maloney says “And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to laugh.” She said this because the police were talking about how the…

When we got back from the Jake Owen concert, we went outside and sat down in our fluffy chairs on the sandy beach. ”So anyone hear about those scratch n’ sniff T-shirts that are being produced in Indonesia?” , asked Mallorie. We were all bare faced in our comfortable shorts and T-shirts. “Umm no I didn’t!”, Kelsi laughed. “What in the world are y’all talking about”, said Avery as she walked out of the beach house to her chair beside us, balancing three paper plates with sandwiches…

Shuyuan Sun MUS26 Professor Mayse October 13, 2015 Compare and Contrast Essay Charlie and the Chocolate Factory narrates a story that Mr. Willy Wonka, who is the owner of the greatest chocolate factory in the world, has decided to open the doors of his factory to five lucky children and their parents. The way Mr. Williy Wonka chose the five lucky children is hiding five golden tickets beneath the wrappers of the chocolate bars. Danny Elfman, who has been influenced by The Day the Earth Stood…

on Lowell Street (Dahl). The cause of death was a strike of strong force to the back of his head (Dahl). The victim was only hit once with a blunt object such as a steel bar. The possible murder weapons that were found in the home were tested, but none of them fit the case appropriately. Mrs. Maloney is a stay at home wife and she is expecting a child. According to her statement, she was at the store purchasing groceries to prepare a lamb leg at the time of Patrick’s death (Dahl). Mary claimed…

I think the most evil villain between the stories, Tell-Tale Heart and the Landlady, is the landlady. I think that she is the most evil villain because, she says in the story, “I am a teeny- weeny bit choosy and particular--- if you know what I mean.” And, when the landlady and Mr. Weaver were walking up the stairs, this is what happened, “She was halfway up the stairs, and she paused with one hand on the stair rail, turning her head and smiling down at him with pale lips. “Like you,” she added,…

The Importance of Friendship Friendship is, by definition, a relationship between two friends. Some believe that friendships are a necessity for human life. Joseph Conrad was a man who grew up not having many friends. As a young child he had missed school quite a bit from illnesses (Kathleen Wilson 200). This made it hard to have close relationships with other children. He did however gain a love for literature and the sea from his father at a young age (www.notablebiographies.com). This is…