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    In Roald Dahl’s chilling tale‚ “The Landlady‚” he uses the landlady’s character to teach the reader that when something seems to too good to be true‚ it probably is. For example when Billy tells himself “ The old girl is slightly dotty”.This evidence proves that while the room was indeed cheap there was certainly some baggage connected to it. This women is always acting odd which suddenly makes the apparent cheapness have good reason. In addition no one else stayed at this bed and breakfast further

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    Beware the Ides of March

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    December 9th‚ 2013 Beware the Ides of March Gaius Julius Caesar is debatably one of the most famous Roman figures in history. One reason for his popularity could be his well-known assassination on March 5th‚ 44 BC‚ also known as the Ides of March. Many adaptions have been written of this event‚ but the two ancient authors who have accounted the death are Plutarch and Suetonius. Neither of the authors were present at the murder (seeing as how neither of them were born yet)‚ but instead received

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    Dahl, on Democracy

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    development of some type of democracy reappeared around 500 B.C.E. in Europe‚ on the Mediterranean coast and later in the north. In 507 B.C.E. Athens‚ the most important city-state in the Greek peninsula‚ "adopted a system of popular government" (Dahl: 1998: 11)‚ which was to last until the Macedonian invasion two centuries later. The term democracy has its roots in the Greek language‚ meaning rule (kratos) of the people (demos). Although more cities adopted this type of government‚ the one in Athens

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    Beware: World War I

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    _______ / 29 Score ____________________Name ________Period ________Date Study Questions: Beware of the Dog COMPREHENSION (10 points; 1 point each) On the line provided‚ write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items. ______ 1. The circumstance that creates the main conflict in “Beware of the Dog” centers on a pilot who — A is unsure of his location as he awakens over the English Channel B is joking with his squadron members about his wounded leg

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    Beware of Free Ringtones

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    "Houston‚ we have a problem". This is one of the free ringtones‚ (with original scratchy radio noises)‚ I use for incoming calls in one of my mobiles. One of the coolest free ringtones around. So I think. I have two mobiles numbers‚ one for friends‚ family and fun and other for the serious callers‚ such as my bank manager‚ my grandmother‚ (she is a no nonsense clever woman who expects a grandson like me to be a grown up man by now)‚ the tax collector or the democratic party. Free Ringtones that

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    Beware: The Wrath of Alexia Monica Ring Trust me when I say that you don’t have to understand Spanish to be frightened by the ghost Alexia. Alexia‚ written and directed by Andrés Borghi‚ is a short horror film about Franco’s ex-girlfriend coming back from the dead to stop him from moving on. The best way to describe this short film is The Ring meets Unfriended. Although this short film can be viewed as a combination of the two feature length films‚ it has many elements that contribute to the

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    Roald Dahl's Poison

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    Timber went over to Harry house. When he got there Harry was laying there with a snake on his stomach. So Timber went and got Dr.Ganderbai. In Roald Dahl story “Poison”‚ Harry was angry because ‚ he had to sit still for hours and hours‚ he had a snake on his stomach‚ and after all of that the snake wasn’t even on his stomach. So‚ they had to call the doctor to come. Harry had to sit still for hours . Until Timber came over finally . Timber walked and saw him lying there sweating‚ so he walked over

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    This term we`ve read the short story “The umbrella” man by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is a British writer‚ who is well-known for creating wonderful children`s fiction. Roald Dahl was born in Wales on 16th September 1916 to Norwegian parents. His father died when he was 3 years old and he was raised by his mother. He had a fairly unhappy time at (the) boarding school witch he later described as "days of horrors" filled with "rules‚ rules and still more rules that had to be obeyed‚" which inspired much

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    Roald Dahl's Going Solo

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    The nonfiction novel Going Solo by Roald Dahl is an autobiography that tells the story of Dahl’s time in the Royal Air Force during World War II. “You cannot open a book without learning something” means that all books allow you to gain some knowledge on subjects that you did not know much about to begin with. The quote can be used to perfectly describe the information the reader learns from the novel. Going Solo was able to teach me lessons and provide me with ideas that I had never given much

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    Lamb To The Slaughter I believe that Roald Dahl wants us to think Mrs. Maloney is a victim. I think this because in the story Mrs. Maloney looks to be a nice‚ kindhearted woman who is devoted to her husband‚ even though he would ignore her presence when she was speaking to him. "I think it’s a shame‚" she said‚ "that when someone’s been a policeman as long as you have‚ he still has to walk around all day long." He didn’t answer. Although Mr. Maloney ignored his wife and was not interested in what

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