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    So in this essay I will be talking about how Roald dahl and ray bradbury are alike.How are roald dahl and Ray Bradbury alike? Well they are very good at making things without thought or emotions seem like they do. For example Roald dahl made it seem like the landlady’s dog and bird were alive. She treated them like real living things ‚ he made that seem very real. And Ray made it seem like the whole house was alive . For example Ray said said on there will come soft rains” the clock sang” or “robot

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    Which author is better? Roald Dahl or Ray Bradbury? First let’s look at their similarities. Some things they have in common are they both are authors for children and their stories are a bit creepy and someone dies or something dies. For example In Roald Dahls “The Landlady” a boy named Billy weaver dies and in Ray Bradbury “There Will Come Soft Rains” the house dies. So someone or something usually dies. Ways there stories are creepy are one‚ things die two in the landlady its like she is trying

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    The hitch hiker’s appearance was described as a small ratty faced man with grey teeth‚ rat like eyes‚ slightly pointed ears‚ wearing a cloth hat‚ greyish coloured jacket with enormous pockets. In other words‚ he looked like a human rat. In my opinion I think that Roald Dahl describes the hitch hiker similarly to a rat so that it makes the reader assume that the hitch hiker is probably a looney-toon‚ murderer or some other sort of criminal. Once the reader assume that‚ it will make them predict that

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    Comparing and Contrasting the Works of Edgar Allen-Poe and Roald Dahl The backgrounds of Edgar Allen Poe and Roald Dahl were both scattered with tragedies‚ and this affected their writing each in their own individual ways‚ but also related their styles to some degree. Poe’s life was constantly bombarded by troubles‚ it seemed as though everyone around him was cursed his mother‚ and Mrs. Allen; a motherly figure to Poe‚ both passing when he was fairly young. Dahl’s childhood followed a slightly

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    Language and Gender in ‘Lamb to Slaughter’ – Roald Dahl There is a variety of how men and women use language‚ which could range from their use of body language‚ tone‚ personality‚ and human relationships‚ emotions. Roald Dahl portrays this in the novel‚ Lamb to the Slaughter in which the relationship between men and women can be complicated and this is described between a husband and wife. In Lamb to slaughter‚ the writer has intended to portray a tensional situation between Mrs. And Mr. Maloney

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    ’Lamb to the Slaughter’ is a intriguing murder story set in the 1950’s America written by the well renowned children’s author Roald Dahl. The plot is threaded with irony‚ which injects it with dark humour. In this critical evaluation I will determine whether Mary Maloney premeditated the murder of her husband or if it was a spur of the moment act or ’crime of passion’. The short story is set in America and this is clear due to words such as ’precinct’‚ ’closet’ and ’Idaho potatoes’. The story opens

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    I chose to read “the enormous crocodile ”‚ written by Roald Dahl . It’s a classic given out in 1978. Roald Dahl Is a great writer and has had great success at writing children books. It’s something special about this book‚ the background and the title that made me choose it . The enormous crocodile sounds like a scary and exciting title and the background looks colourful and exciting. Science I also was well known with the writer (Roald Dahl)‚ it made it easier to pick the book because I really

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    The Sound Machine By Roald Dahl Story analysis by Benyahia Mohamed Lamine The Sound Machine‚ is an attractive story about a man who was obsessed with sound‚ his name is Klausner. Klausner believed that the human ear can’t hear all sounds around as or as he said ”there are inaudible sound that cannot be heard by the human ear”;so he invented a machine designed to receive high frequency sounds an translate them so that the human can hear it. In summer evening when Klausner was working on his

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    Roald Dahl Lamb to the Slaughter The main characters in this story are the Maloney couple‚ known as Mary and Patrick Maloney. She is described as the typical housewife‚ she is inteligent and bright. Her home is clean and she organizes it well. She loves her husband and she is happy as she is with child.Her husband is a police officer‚ a senior. It looks like he is a police officer long time. Their home is warm and clean. Thursdays‚they usually go out for dinner and before it he has a drink

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    different and astonishing authors who write many styles of books. Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe are just two of them. Both Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe had indistinguishable backgrounds. Dahl’s father had passed away when he was only four years old. In comparison‚ Poe’s father had left his family at a youthful age. Meanwhile‚ his mother passed away when he was only three years old. Aside from background‚ the books “Umbrella Man” by Roald Dahl and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe were both indicated

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