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    “The Landlady”

    By Roald Dahl

    Noah Fang – P.4


    Student Directions: Discuss each
    question as a group. Use the spaces
    provided to write a brief summary of
    your discussion for each question.

    Identify and discuss any examples of foreshadowing in the text. Use the TAG method to introduce the story and
    ‘flip’ the queston.
    In “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, he tells a short story about a woman who traps a young man in her home. There were
    several examples of foreshadowing that should have warned the reader that she was going to kill and keep him. The first example of
    foreshadowing was… another… the last… “A pretty little dachshund was curled up…” and “Animals were usually a good sighn
    in a place like this,” and “The old girl is slightly dotty, Billy told himself.”

    Identify any “red flags” in the story that caused Billy to hesitate about his decision to stay at the bed and
    breakfast.
    In the story it said

    How do we make decisions about whom to trust? Give three examples about what YOU look for in someone who
    you can trust.

    I look for honesty, no mysteriousness, and certain kind gestures. We make decisions about who we trust
    by seeing a person who doesn’t look shabby, mysterious, or dangerous in some ways.

    Is Billy’s trusting nature a trait to be admired or scorned? Give three examples of how Billy’s decision making was
    positive or negative.
    It’s a trait to be scorned, because people lie to others everyday. Billy trusted the landlady in giving him
    tea on page 5 on paragraph 5, it says “I didn’t mean you to do anything like that.” and let her make tea
    for him. On page 2 of paragraph 16, it said “It was fantastically cheap. It was less than half of what he
    had been willing to pay.” showed how gullible Billy is because of a cheap hotel.
    Paranoia can be defined as “suspicion and mistrust of people or their actions without evidence or justification.”
    How does the author incorporate paranoia into the plot or character descriptions?

    The author makes the Landladies actions unpredictable, and it makes the readers question if the
    landlady is nice or evil

    How does the author’s decision not to include a clear resolution contribute to the plot?

    It leaves me thinking if Billy got up and ran away, only to be affected by the cyanide. Or if Billy ran into
    the room where the landlady says the kids are resting to find if they’re alive or stuffed.

    Choose what you feel is an important quote in the story and discuss its significance.

    “Try the bell and Dragon” is an important quote, because if Billy didn’t try to find the motel, he wouldn’t
    have found the landlady's house.
    Find a picture to mimic your character
    Student Directions:
    or find images to describe them.
    Include evidence from the text to Complete the handout to
    support your thinking. critically analyze the
    character.

    Write down a quote from the story that is


    INSERT IMAGE(S) HERE
    an example of direct characterization of
    Billy.
    On page 1, paragraph 5, the narrator tells
    us that “Billy was… fine.”

    Explain what this shows about Billy.


    TYPE HERE
    This shows Billy was feeling nervous for doing a job with “the big
    shots”

    Explain what this


    Write down a quote from the story that is shows about
    an Billy.
    example of indirect characterization of
    Billy.
    Find a picture to mimic your character
    or find images to describe them.
    Include evidence from the text to
    support your thinking.

    Write down a quote from the story that is an


    INSERT IMAGE(S) HERE example of direct characterization of the
    landlady.
    On page 2 of paragraph 7, it says “She
    was about forty-five or fifty years old, and
    the moment she saw him, she gave him a
    warm, welcoming smile.”

    Explain what this shows about the landlady.


    TYPE HERE This shows the landlady is and old person that has a nice and
    friendly face.

    Explain what this shows


    Write down a quote from the story that is about the landlady.
    an
    example of indirect characterization of TYPE HERE
    the landlady.
    TYPE HERE
    1. What words best describe
    the mood in the first half of
    this story? Some words to
    describe mood to get you thinking:
    cheerful, gloomy, melancholy,
    anxious, foreboding, hopeful.
    The beginning of the story
    feels gloomy at first before he sees
    a house with signs of “Bed and
    breakfast”

    2. What words best describe


    the mood in the second half of
    this story?
    The tension of the story rises as
    questions about the lady arises.

    3. How do the animals (the


    dog and parrot) contribute to
    the setting and the story's
    mood?
    The animals make the main
    character feel like the hotel is
    a safe place to stay.
    Billy took another sip of the tea and realized the landladies' true intentions. Billy jumped out of his
    chair and dashed up the stairs to the fourth floor. As Billy got near the fourth floor, he felt dizzy. “Billy!
    That’s not how you treat a provider.” the landlady yelled below the floor. Billy grabbed the doorknob
    and threw it open. What he saw was irreversible. Billy saw two young men on chairs posed like they
    were sipping tea. Billy shut the door and blocked it with a drawer and ran to the young men. They were
    frozen and stuffed, he felt no warmth from the men, only cold skin and cotton. The landlady reached
    the door and knocked “It’s going to be your turn soon to be part of my collection dearie. You will
    succumb soon, and you will be frozen like the rest.” Billy felt dizzier. He looked around and found a
    rope that was used to hold the young men up. Billy grabbed a vase that was resting on top of the
    drawer and threw it at the window. The window shattered. Billy tied the rope onto a heavy chest and
    threw the untied rope out the window. Billy jumped out the window with the rope in his hand and
    walked down the wall. Billy heard the door bang and open. He could only think of escaping and running
    to the to the bell and dragon. Billy got onto the floor and ran along the road to the bell and dragon.
    Billy saw welcoming lights and a large building with a ‘bell and dragon’ sign on top. He got to the door
    and groaned “Help me please.” He fell onto the floor. Billy didn’t die yet, he was frozen. A person
    pulled him to an old man with a briefcase and said “This is doctor carl, he’ll help you.” The doctor
    grabbed Billy’s wrist and felt around it. Doctor Carl opened his briefcase and gave Billy a shot in his
    wrist. “You’ve been mildly poisoned, if not treated, it could’ve gotten worse.” Billy was still frozen,
    though he was thankful. Billy started to move again. The door opened, the landlady opened the door.
    “Such a bad boy Billy” the people in the bell and dragon gathered around Billy like they didn’t notice
    the landlady. Billy pointed at the landlady and stuttered “S-she poisoned me.” the people turned back
    to look at the landlady. “She’s a psycho. She takes young and eager men to add into her collection of
    mannequins. Two boys went missing in her house. She was a retired taxidermy for animals before she
    got interested in poisoning people and stuffing them. She usually stays in her house.” the people got
    up and stopped the landlady from getting close to Billy. Billy didn’t understand why she would poison
    people to stuff them. “Why would you do this?” Billy asked. The landlady didn’t look so old and frail
    anymore, she started to look like a skeleton. She pushed people out the way and said “I need him for
    my collection!” Carl tapped on Billy’s shoulder and said “Get behind the counter. Theres a secret
    compartment that can open only once. We’ll hold her off. Do go on and live a nice life boy.” Billy was
    flattered at his kindness. Billy thanked Carl and went into the hidden compartment. Billy shut the
    entrance and saw the long tunnel and torches that led to somewhere. Billy was in disbelief some
    people can be evil or nice to random people. Billy was ready for it.

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