Alternate Ending For The Landlady

Not one to give up, she tells him that she knows he is missing someone but she does not want anything serious. She says that she only means to have fun and Billy

“Somehow, I don’t think that’s it.” Dante, suddenly aware of the way his body enclosed the limited space, moved aside and maneuvered his way next to them. “You look sick.”

During a hunting dare with Ruben Pritchard, the night to a dark turn as Ruben fell upon his own axe, killing him. The horror this scene caused distraught among Billy. For some time Billy had to fight the scenes in his mind replaying the night. Billy soon begins to feel better and get over the terrible night. After time Billy was healed of his psychological pain, however this night sharpened his maturity for the rest of his

From the start Billy thought some things were a little odd. The first thing that was odd about her was when she immediately opened the door and little comments she made to him. Then he thought she was a little dotty, but he was getting a deal. Finally, he decided she was off her rocker, but he compensated for all the odd little things she did by reminding himself that she was a sweet old lady. Billy should’ve trusted his instincts when something seemed off, but because he doesn’t, he ends up in a situation where something awful will

All through Billy’s life he ran into obstacles that obstructed his free will. As a child Billy’s father lets Billy sink in the deep end of a pool so he could learn how to swim “because his

Billy has lost a sense of love as death has faced him in the eyes once too many. Billy deals with his pain by turning to alcohol abuse, he cannot deal with his mourning, "Sometimes it's not as if they have died so much as that I myself have died and become a ghost." (43). From Dolores and Billy, the central theme is slowly revealed.

In the beginning , Billy thought the landlady was ‘terribly nice’,which he was quite grateful to have such a nice landlady who give him a well-appointed service, but as the conversations go on, Billy was then frightened by her weird and creepy contents, he ‘sat there staring straight ahead of him into the far corner of the room, biting his lower lip.’ tells the readers that he’s begin to frightened and suspect landlady, foreshadowing the readers that she might be doing something that couldn’t be trusted by Billy.

Billy is tough. He got into a fight with the kids at the town of Talequh when they starting teasing on his dogs.

Billy becomes detached to unreactive to the changes of his town. Due to his belief in predestination, he has accepted that the event was meant to happen and

First, Billy claims that he has special inhuman characteristics that do not make any sense. Billy

The coats and umbrellas in the hallways of boarding homes show that some guest present here which means this place is safe. When Billy looks the inside of house,he sees “no other hats or coats in the hall.” (2). This shows that there are no other guests in the landlady’s house which foreshadows that with no guests the landlady can freely kill Billy. However, the landlady does not make it obvious that Billy doesn’t know about it.

Amy, looking at Billy, whispered, “He looks so pale and sick.” She paused then continued, “Ugh I hope he doesn't… you know.”

At first he sees the place, and does not listen to his gut that tells him to avoid it. Dahl writes, “The place seemed to draw me in. . .It had a odd feeling about it.”This is significant because he doesn’t go with his gut. Billy knows there is something weird but does not trust himself

Billy a troubled neighborhood boy, effected Jeannette’s childhood. He was constantly trying to mess with her. One day when all the kids were out playing hide and seek Billy hid with Jeannette. He forced himself on her and said he “raped her”.

Even though the gruesome, ghastly and demonic story known as “The Landlady” ends in a disturbing way, it portrays many characteristics about the protagonist, Billy. There are numerous ways to characterize Billy, a 17-year-old kid on his first business trip in the strange city of Bath, England. Billy begins his journey to a hotel known as the Bell and Dragon but stumbles to a halt when he sees a seemingly cozy bed and breakfast that catches his eye. For a few pages everything seems great; unfortunately for Billy, he has some flaws which ultimately lead to his shocking death at the hands of a demented landlady. These are curiosity, a tendency to miss important clues, and gullibility.