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The Landlady

2023-12-13 23:46:20

17-year-old Billy Weaver departs from London and arrives at Bath at 9 PM. He reports to the branch manager of the company in the morning. When I saw the sign of the "bed & breakfast" at home, he decided that he might stay there overnight. As if she were looking forward to him, the female landlord came out with a finger on the bell. She is a sweet middle-aged man and looks a little strange. Soon, Billy found some strange things. The only other name not entered in the guestbook for several years is Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple who are familiar with him, but he does not know the reason. He also noticed that the landlord pet parrot and dog are packed. She said that they always packed their pets when they died. Another strange comment is that her other two young guests are very kind; the 28-year old man is not jealous.

Landlady said Billy could Billy smell the woman. She said that Eton and Temple are very handsome young people, but Billy is much better. Billy asked Landlady whether these people recently left bed & breakfast, she said that the two men were still on the fourth floor of the house. He wanted to talk about other things like a parrot in the cage. When he was drinking tea, he noticed the taste of bitter almonds and asked Landlady "Do you have any other guests over the last couple of years?"

Roald Dahl's "The Landlady" contains the theme of exploitation. This can be proved by a forgotten Billy and a female landlord. An example of Billy's indifference to landlord's wife is that he thought of staying at the hotel first. "This old lady is a bit stupid," Billy said. But who is amazing at 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock every night? "I thought you would be overwhelmed by the applicant," he politely said. "This shows that Billy is ignoring the landlord's spirit, which is a serious flaw that ultimately will serve his life, so that the policeman killed Billy who did not disturb him. At the time of the women's plan) "Temple" Billy said. 'Gregory Temple. "No, dear," she said. 'Only you. '(Dal 5). This evidence shows how women used Billy's innocence to live their lives (this is her unusual passion).