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    In the short story “The Landlady‚” the author‚ Roald Dahl‚ created suspense through the dialogue‚ character actions‚ and his choice of words when describing scenery or thoughts. The author immediately introduces suspense into the story when he writes in the first paragraph‚ “The air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks.” This choice of words seem very foreboding and signal that death is about and that this story will not be a happy one. Once Billy enters the B&B

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    In the well-known short stories The Landlady by Roald Dahl and Examination Day by Henry Sleaser two surprising events occur. In The Landlady the surprising event is that we find out the landlady is a murderer and in Examination Day a surprising event is when Dickie is killed by the government because he has a high intelligence quotient. One event that surprises the reader in the short story The Landlady is when the landlady is suspected of killing her previous guests and probably planning on killing

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    different and astonishing authors who write many styles of books. Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe are just two of them. Both Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe had indistinguishable backgrounds. Dahl’s father had passed away when he was only four years old. In comparison‚ Poe’s father had left his family at a youthful age. Meanwhile‚ his mother passed away when he was only three years old. Aside from background‚ the books “Umbrella Man” by Roald Dahl and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe were both indicated

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    • “A Lamb to the Slaughter” is a short story written by Roald Dahl‚ in which a woman kills her husband as an impulsive reaction to his husband’s claim of wanting divorce. • The use of literary techniques in “A Lamb to the Slaughter” cause the readers to experience a feeling of tension. • The use of sensory imagery at the beginning of the story produces tension in the readers. • Since the moment that Mr. Maloney arrives home‚ everything is described with such detail that we can picture the scene

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    Higlights: The South American man‚ Carlos‚ sits beside the man followed then by an American boy and girl. Carlos makes a beat with the American boy that his lighter can’t light ten times in a row. If the boy loses he loses his little finger on his left hand; if he wins he gets a car. They go back to the hotel room and Carlos ties up the boys arm. The boy starts lighting the lighter. They get to eight and a woman comes through the door and tackles Carlos to the bed and apologizes to the boy.

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    Roald Dahl’s Boy‚ a book report. (written in a english test in Norway) I read "Boy" by Roald Dahl. It was first published in 1984‚ and includes different stories and experiences from the author Roald Dahl’s childhood‚ and some of them gave him inspiration to write books. When he went to Repton he got a free box of chocolate from a chocolate factory‚ if he would grade the different bites. If it had not been for this‚ we never would have heard about "Charlie and the chocolate factory". The book is

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    The Three Little Pigs Roald Dahl The animal I really dig‚ Above all others is the pig. Pigs are noble. Pigs are clever‚ Pigs are courteous. However‚ Now and then‚ to break this rule‚ One meets a pig who is a fool. What‚ for example‚ would you say‚ If strolling through the woods one day‚ Right there in front of you you saw A pig who’d built his house of STRAW? The Wolf who saw it licked his lips‚ And said‚ ’That pig has had his chips.’  ’Little pig‚ little pig‚ let me come in!’ ’No‚ no‚ by the

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    Edgar Allan Poe and Roald Dahl both have different writing styles‚ but they also have some similarities. For instance both of the authors have a unique‚ dark way of writing stories. Both authors wrote some of their stories based on their childhood which in some cases was good and at other times was bad. The two authors both use similes when they write to make it more suspenseful for the reader and to explain the events in the story in a more detailed fashion. Poe and Dahl also use a great deal of

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    Lady Gaga’s performance at the super bowl halftime show opened with her singing Irving Berlin’s song‚ “God Bless America”. There have been some speculations about why she chose to open with this song‚ and then follow it with part of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land”. These two song are actually associated with each other outside of the 2017 super bowl halftime show. Gutheir wrote his song as a critical response to Berlin’s song in the 1940s. He was inspired to write the lyrics to this song

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    to be recognized as fully democratic. These criteria involve all citizens having equal and satisfactory opportunities to participate in the steering of policy. To realize all of these criteria would mean that it has achieved ‘ideal’ democracy‚ but Dahl concedes that it is not practical to expect a perfect democracy given the realities of the world we live in. The criteria are: 1) Equal and effective participation in stating one’s views and preferences in regard to policy 2) Equal and effective

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