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    Old Man

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    1. Choose the correct tense and voice. On November 22‚1963 the President of US of America John F.Kennedy 1)to arrive in Dallas in a beautiful sunny day.They2)to leave the airport at 11.50 a.m..At12.30 the car 3)to turn from Houston street to elm street.The car 4)to move very slowly.Mr. Kenedy and his wife 5)wave at the crowds when there 6)to be the sound of a gun.The Presidents hand 7)to stop moving.There 8) to be a third shoot and his head 9)to cover with blood.John Kennedy 10)to assassinate

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    Notes on the life and works of Roald Dahl Timeline 1916   Roald Dahl born September 13‚ 1916 in Llandaff. 1920   Sister Astri dies of appendicitis at the age of seven. A few months later Dahl’s father‚ Harald Dahl‚ dies. 1923-1929   Enters Llandaff Cathedral School‚ St Peters school (Weston Super mare) and Repton Public School in Derby. 1934-1939  Graduates from Repton. Accepts position with Shell Oil Company in London. 4 years later‚ begins working in Shell’s branch office in East Africa

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    landlady’s secret before she murders the young lad. To create suspense Roald Dahl has set the time at 9pm when darkness takes over light. As dark represents evil the mood changes to an atmosphere of suspense‚ particularly if you’re unfamiliar with the area. This is exactly what happened to Billy and Roald Dahl therefore shows this as part of a beginning of suspense. The weather is an important part of the setting in which Roald Dahl creates a sinister mood. ’The moon was coming up out of a clear starry

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    In the short story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl‚ there many problems that occur. One of the beginning problems kicking off the story was that Billy couldn’t find a place to stay. He settled on a decision of staying at a landlady’s house. However‚ the landlady is extremely creepy. He is starting to wonder many things about her and doesn’t like the gut feeling that he has. Trusting his instinct is a very important role that could potentially save him from something that seems to good to be true.

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    “It doesn’t look in the least bit dead.” In the Landlady by Roald Dahl‚ the author uses revealing actions to help describe his characters. In the beginning‚ Billy Weaver was looking for a cheap place to stay and ended up at BED AND BREAKFAST. The landlady welcomed him in‚ gave him a place to stay‚ and tea to drink. Billy learns that the landlady couldn’t be trusted but it was too late. “She was about forty-five or fifty years old‚ and the moment she saw him‚ she gave him a warm welcoming smile

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    A. Russell said in her article “What is the Horror Genre?”. For a story to be considered horror‚ it needs to have many elements‚ like a spooky setting‚ and supernatural occurrence. Some stories just are not considered horror. “The Landlady”‚ by Roald Dahl‚ is not a horror story because the characters are important‚ the setting is not spooky‚ and nothing is supernatural. First‚ the character Billy is important‚ and the reader cares about him. In a good horror story‚ the reader should care more about

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    Murder By Roald Dahl

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    Author Roald Dahl wrote this dark humored story about a married couple in the 1950s‚ Mary and Patrick Maloney. This story begins with Mary waiting for her police officer husband‚ Patrick‚ to getting home then ends with Mary killing Patrick and getting away with it because she fed the police the murder weapon. This ending is very unexpected considering at the beginning the six month pregnant Mary loved her husband more than anything. This story opens with Mary calmly waiting for her husband

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    In literature‚ as in life‚ thing are not always how they appear to be. Most short stories from this unit support this statement. The Landlady is written by one of the most famous authors Roald Dahl‚ and the story is about a landlady who stuffed 3 men in a room which was very ironic. When Billy went to england he went to a bed an breakfast to have a place to crash and the land lady put poison in the tea to all 3 victims tea cup and when they died she would stuff them. The one thing that makes Billy

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    Landlady By Roald Dahl

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    “Landlady” is a tragic fiction story; one with a peculiar ending written by Roald Dahl. In the short story‚ Billy (protagonist)‚ a young‚ handsome man is in search of an affordable hotel out on a chilly night at Bath‚ England. One of the shopkeeper’s tells Billy ‘to try the Bell and Dragon”‚ a quarter of a mile down the street. Ordinarily‚ Billy was planning on heading straight to the Bell and Dragon‚ but on the way‚ there was a notice that said BED AND BREAKFAST. Billy rang the doorbell‚ and out

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    In the mysterious story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl‚ the setting takes place in an INN late at night. The main character is a 17-year-old boy named Billy who needs a place to stay. He then finds a cozy place to stay on a lonely street with no shops‚ only tall‚ broken down houses. He then sees a brightly illuminated window through the black night. This leads him to the Bed and Breakfast. The author uses foreshadowing and suspense to create a theme that not everything is not what it seems. Throughout

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