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    Roald Dahl builds a sense of foreboding by writing a very descriptive story about a creepy scary land lady and how she lures people to her house and kills and stuffs them. In the landlady by Roald Dahl he tells a short story about judging a book by its cover and how this sweet innocent lady can actually be a cold hearted killer who stuff people and her pets. And how a man name Billy fell for her psychopathic trap. She talks to him and says the wrong name every time. She says how does time

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    In this text‚ I would like to show my rating about the novel “Dip in the pool” by Roald Dahl. The text was a little bit of funny and makes the reader to stay for reading more‚ that is why I wanted to recommend it. The book review consists of analyzing a book‚ rate it as you wish and if you recommended or not. “Dip in the pool” make me understand about how humans bet all its needs to win an auction and do some things that takes risk. This book I will put it in a gender of comedy because if you read

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    One factor that Roald Dahl uses that contributes to his exclusive writing style is suspense. This element is used a lot in the story‚ “Poison‚” but one of the biggest scenes it shows up in is when Dr. Ganderbai injects the serum into Harry. “He held it up to the light‚ squinting at the calibrations‚ squirting out some of the yellow fluid. I stood still beside him‚ watching. Harry was watching too and sweating all over his face so it shone like it was smeared thick with face cream melting on his

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    couldn’t feel anything except a slight sickness. She did everything without thinking." [Dahl] She had just received life changing news. She stopped thinking. She thought of nothing except the betrayal of her husband. As her husband crashed to the floor‚ this poor woman realized what she had done. Being the wife of a detective‚ she knew what her punishment would be if anyone found out. She tried to cover up her crime; establish an alibi. Not for herself‚ mind you. No! For her baby. For the child

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    The Landlady Roald Dahl The Landlady by Roald Dahl is about a story of Billy Weaver‚ and how he finds someone who seems to be too good to be true. The landlady appears to be a harmless old lady but turns out to be something much more. Unfortunately for Billy he judges the old lady to be something she is not. Roald Dahl builds a sense of foreboding by making the landlady appear to be too good to be true and drops hints about how not to judge a book by its cover. Billy had a suspicion about the

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    Chocolate: The Sweet Life of Roald Dahl There once lived a little pink bunny named Hersh. Hersh was not your average carrot-loving bunny. In fact‚ he was quite allergic to carrots. Hersh’s favorite food was actually chocolate. To be honest‚ chocolate wasn’t just his favorite food. It was his life. Hersh ate chocolate with anything‚ day and night‚ through sickness and health‚ through good times and bad. His parents tried many ways to distract him. Eventually‚ they finally came up with a solution that worked

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    The short stories The Landlady and Lamb To The Slaughter were not scary because the stories were predictable‚ not that thrilling‚ and the plots were short and slightly dull. The two short stories were not scary because the plots turned out to be cliche`. Most horror stories include some sort of weird or crazy person who has a victim that is usually clueless. For example‚ in The Landlady‚ Billy noticed some of the strange characteristics of the old woman‚ but he didn’t know what she had in store and

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    Roald Dahl’s parents were from Norway‚ but he was born in Wales‚ in 1916. The family used to spend the summer holidays on a Norwegian island‚ swimming‚ fishing and boating. When Roald was four years old‚ his father died‚ so his mother had to organize the trip alone for herself and her six children. Dahl went to St. Peter’s Prep School‚ and later to Repton Public School After school‚ Roald Dahl didn’t go to a university‚ but applied for a job at the Shell company‚ because he was sure they would

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    The Realism and Fantasy of Roald Dahl ’s‚ Fantastic Mr. Fox "The delightful tale of a fox who lives by poaching food from his three neighbours‚ Messrs. Boggis‚ Bunce‚ and Bean‚ three farmers – each one meaner than the other" (Telgan‚ Children ’s Literature Review‚ Vol. 41‚ pg. 27). Mr. Fox and his family endure the hardships of attempted murder‚ being hunted‚ and starvation as the farmers resort to violence to rid themselves of Mr. Fox and preserve their livestock. Out

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    Love can be as strong as tidewater‚ however‚ sometimes it becomes a huge net and traps you tightly. In Lamb to the Slaughter‚ by Roald Dahl‚ drastic desire to monopolize is hidden behind the gentle love. Mary‚ the housewife‚ finally punishes Patrick as the one who wants to escape from her obsessed love. Roald Dahl illustrates that love can be a sweet excuse for control‚ this story portrays a twisted love. People consider Mary as a lonely and helpless housewife who spends her life serving her

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