Have you ever heard the old saying “ Ignorance is bliss”? Well you see Roald Dahl’s tale of the unexpected “The landlady” is a short story about a young man named Billy Weaver who is on a business trip in a small town called Bath‚ and he is looking for a place to stay. In the story Billy asks a man about hotels in the area and the man tells him that there is a “bell and Dragon” not too far away. While Billy is on his way to the hotel he notices a sign that says “Bed and Breakfast” which distracts
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Matilda Directed by Danny DeVito Matilda is a family comedy which takes place somewhere in the USA during the nineties. Matilda is a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid‚ self-involved parents. Ignored at home‚ Matilda takes interest in reading and she develops telekinetic powers. Eventually‚ her insensitive parents send her to a school run by the cruel Miss Trunchbull. Matilda befriends her schoolteacher‚ Miss Honey. She soon realizes Matilda’s talents‚ but is later amazed to see the
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Matilda Matilda is an intelligent young girl who lives in a lovely house in an ordinary neighbourhood but a not so nice family. First there’s her brother who is constantly calling Matilda a dip face and wasting his sweets by continuously throwing them at Matilda. Then there’s her self-obsessed mother who is always seen smothered in make-up and in a pose to try and make her look good. Finally her father‚ her father is a selfish low-life cheapskate. He works in a second-hand car shop and most of
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This assignment was personally hard for me. I say this because growing up we never had any traditions or any phrases that got passed down‚ to me we were just boring. When this assignment was given I had trouble remembering what I was taught as a child because I’ve been through so much since then that has changed my world and flipped it upside down. When reading the assignment for the 20th time‚ it came to me that I wasn’t looking for anything special but a simple quote or a simple book that I would
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There are many similarities and differences between “The Hunger Games” movie and novel version. Only a few truly stood out to me. To begin with‚there are several similarities between the novel and the movie. The one that I liked the most was when Prim was called and Katniss volunteered for her. She was shocked and couldn’t help herself but to do it. Like the novel Prim was taken to her mother by Gale. Katniss is escorted to the stage by the peacekeepers. Another example is when Peeta gave
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Mary had a little Lamb “So i’ve killed him” is what Mary had said in the passage “Lamb to the slaughter.” This is a story about a woman‚named Mary‚ who killed her husband because he has told her he was going to leave her. When she heard that she couldn’t understand why‚ so she decided to kill him with a lamb. Being a wife of a detective she knew that nobody would suspect from her so she planned everything. When the police came by they thought that it would be impossible for her to have killed her
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In the short story Nineteen Thirty-Seven written by Edwidge Danticat. In the story the author is telling about her life and the stories her mother told her about the 1937 Massacre in the river. It shows how her manman is in jail. How her manman saved both of their lives even though she had to leave her own manman behind. The whole story is mainly telling the death of her manman. In the first section of the story it is letting the reader imagine the trip to visit her manman in prison. She takes
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The theme of “The Landlady” and “The Possibility of Evil‚” are things are not what they seem. In “The Landlady‚” the owner of a little bed and breakfast is an old lady‚ but she’s hiding the true purpose of her bed and breakfast. She somehow knows when the person she selects is in town and she summons them into her bed and breakfast. Where she then acts all innocent and drinks tea with them. Soon readers realize that something’s not right‚ and start to notice the signs. This short story ends up with
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Alternate Ending to “The Landlady” “Would you like some tea dear?” Asked the Landlady‚ as she peered into to Billy’s eyes. Slowly‚ she placed the cup in front of Billy urging him to try it. “No thank you‚” Billy said. He wasn’t in the mood for small talk‚ and something about this Landlady rubbed Billy the wrong way‚ so he most definitely was not going to drink her tea‚ “Could you please point me in the direction of your bathrooms‚ I’m quite tired‚ I think I’m going to get ready for bed.” “They’re
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Have you ever read “Landlady” or “The Tell Tale Heart”? If you have‚ you know that both stories are eerie and frightening. As you read these stories‚ you might notice a dark mood throughout. Both of these classic tales are well known‚ and are written by famous authors. First‚ you will learn about the “Landlady”. Next‚ you will learn about “The Tell Tale Heart”. Afterward‚ you will learn how the two stories are different. "The Landlady" is a creepy story‚ using a writing technique: foreshadowing
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