the landlady

I choose the landlady because is my favorite stories of roald dahl. its about this 17 year man that is traveling for work. when he gets to the city, he didnt new were to stay so he start walking and notice a place that was named "bed and breakfast"  " There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums, tall and beautiful, standing just underneath the notice" when he use characterization in this part you start getting and image of how this place is, and why billy is so atractive to it.  "He went right up and peered through the glass into the room, and the first thing he saw was a bright fire burning in the hearth. On the carpet in front of the fire, a pretty little dachshund was curled up asleep with its nose tucked into its belly. The room itself, so far as he could see in the half darkness, was filled with pleasant furniture. There was a baby grand piano and a big sofa and several plump armchairs, and in one corner he spotted a large parrot in a cage." when billy look at all this things and that there were animals and was very cozy in there. " it must have been at once because he hadn’t even had time to take his finger from the bell button—the door swung open and a woman was standing there." when this happend you autoaticlly think that the lady was very openeyed like waiting for billy to knock.

 

I like this short storie because the way roald dahl use imagery, gives you an image of how billy look and how a person is just out of how is billy wearing. "was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat, a new brown trilby hat, and a new brown suit." when he sais that you get an imagery of billy of an elegant man that is serious about his job.                                
"She was about forty-five or fifty years old, and the moment she saw him, she gave him a warm, welcoming smile" when the author writed this, you notice that this woman its old and that maybe she is a little intense and creepy because of the door event.

 

the landlady