Creative Writing: The Landlady Ending

So many times, stories have been created into movies and those movies have been cherished. From the story “The Landlady” and the episode “The Tales of the Unexpected” many things can change in the process of creating the episode and some things are changed on purpose.

The supernatural force finally compelled Billy to enter the front door and ring the bell. He was immediately confronted by the 'Landlady' as she answered the door 'at once'. The landlady invited Billy with a 'warm welcoming smile'. At the moment the landlady seems to be charming in order to get Billy's invitation to come in. Billy finds himself as being a lucky lad, to find a cosy house to stay in, whilst being isolated and inexperienced in Bath. Also the prices are cheap, which makes Billy to stay for certain. The landlady has a friendly appearance, gentle blue eyes with a round pink face that shows she's warm and caring, inviting Billy in this way makes him feel homely. Again the landlady uses her charm to determine Billy doesn't leave, by removing an egg for breakfast to lower his costs.

A snarling wolf can be as nice as a loving grandmother, and a cute bunny might actually be a demon in disguise, but you never know until you get to know them. The Landlady, written by Roald Dahl, is a short horror story of a young man named Billy Weaver going to the town of Bath for a business trip. While looking for a place to stay, he finds a seemingly kind, old lady who offers cheap bed and breakfast. While treating Billy to tea at night, the landlady poisons Billy and goes to make him one of her taxidermied collections. Dahl uses foreshadowing, characterization, and irony to examine how innocence can change the way things seem.

It was a beautiful day like any other the wind was blowing the flowers were sprouting and the sky was bright blue.But there was a family that went out and while they were out they found a item that has been abandoned they were confused they thought “why would they throw this away”.The names of the family were that the dad’s name was John and the mom’s name was Maria they both had a son named Kevin.John worked in a business company while Maria was at the house taking care of kevin. Kevin was in his room while his mom was in the kitchen preparing the food they will eat until kevin heard a knock everyone heard it they were wondering who it could be kevin's dad wasn’t home because he told them he was doing the night shift.“Open the door!” said the man in a loud voice.They went to kevin’s room to see who it was but they found out it was just John they opened it and Maria said,” I thought you were going to do a night shift” “

When Billy got his clothes back, they weren't any cleaner, but all the little animals that had been living in them were dead. So it goes. (115)

The very next day billy was getting beaten up in a corner by three bully tomatoes billy was trying to run away when suddenly

In the first place,in the book Ranie had a ax and he fell and the ax went into him and Billy had to pull the ax out of Ranie. Also when they entered the hunting competition they had Little Ann enter a contest and she won the silver cup. Then he won the hunting competition which lead to a 300 dollar cash prize and a gold cup. When Billy got home he kept his promise and gave his little sister the gold cup and the other sisters fought over

The most evil villain is The Landlady, because she is much more calculated than the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart , proof she is a calculated killer is when billy drank his tea and it had a bitter taste of almond, a known poison to also have that taste is potassium cyanide. She also killed two more people then the narrator. When Billy was looking threw the text book he says the only two other people in the guest book. They were still there 2 or 3 years after the entered their name on the guest list, “My dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. “They’re on the fourth floor both of them together.” She also lured in one of her victims (Billy Weaver) by using a bed and breakfast

Within “The Landlady” the author displays foreshowing in order to build suspense within the reader, us. The story ended with Billy’s discovery of the stuffed animals, which the suspicious Landlady have stuffed. We then hear a change within Billy’s voice. His voice got shaky. As if he’d consumed or inhaled something, causing him to feel this way. Lastly, we see the Landlady. Staring with a smile on her face.

What is the personal significance of your given name (first, middle, and last)? My given name is Kimberly Müller. The personal significance of my given name is very important to me because I want my name to always have something great behind it, that’s one of my goals. My surname came from Germany, I sometimes wonder how a German surname came all the way to Haiti. My first name is the most perfect name for myself, so I just have to thank my parents for that, my mother’s name starts with the same letter as my name.

Billy was a hopeless creature with a face filled with such desolation that he brought out the humanity in people as they took pity on him. Whenever they walked past his spot on Sixth Avenue they made sure to drop him a coin or two and say a prayer, while ignoring every other penniless person down the street. Even those more unfortunate than him gave him money, one time, a homeless man approached him,

Detail, When Billy got there he ran up to the dog and picked it up and held it, and petted it.

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.

In the mean time Billy Bob was still talking to people and having a great time because he got a raise for his job which is working at Wal-Mart. Grumpy Stan finally got to the gas station. He saw that Billy Bob’s car was in the way. Then Grumpy Stan walked into the gas station and shouted on the top of his lungs

Roald Dahl uses various writing techniques in the horror short story, “The Landlady,” to build suspense, or the uncertainty or anxiety that a reader will feel about what may happen next in a story, novel, or drama. In this short story, the protagonist, Billy Weaver, a young, handsome seventeen-year-old, traveled from London to Bath, due to work, and looks for accommodation. Eventually, he came across a quaint bed and breakfast owned by a landlady who appeared to be generous. The landlady portrayed herself as a kind, innocent soul, but her intentions spoke otherwise. As the tale continued, Billy realizes that things are not what they initially appeared to be at the bed and breakfast. Through the use of foreshadowing and characterization, the author, Roald Dahl, of the horror short story, “The Landlady,” effectively builds suspense for the reader in the thread of the plot.