The Landlady Roald Dahl Analysis

In “The Landlady,” Roald Dahl uses the landlady’s character to teach the reader if something seems too good to be true, it probably should be avoided. While Billy is looking through the window deciding on whether or not he wants to stay, he sees a dog and a bird. Usually these are good signs, and it mean it’s a nice place to stay. In this case it isn’t. Billy soon realizes they are stuffed, and when he asks who did id the landlady says she does. We as the reader can assume that this means the other two guests are now stuffed, and their bodies are in the house. Another example is when Billy thinks it would be better to stay in the boarding house instead of the pub. Later in the story the reader realizes that this might have seemed good, but
if he would have went to the pub he could of have avoided this crazy landlady. Even though Billy doesn’t quite understand what is going on it is very obvious to the reader that the landlady has done something to the other men who stayed.