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Scary-Haunted Moments In The Landlady

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The way Roald Dahl presents scary/creepy moments in these stories is the way he uses the words to actually present the scary moments, the order in which he lays out the events, and the way he leaves you at the end. In the Landlady the order of the events is one reason why it is so creepy. Some text evidence to show that is “all at once his eye was caught… BED AND BREAKFAST”. That piece of evidence shows how the order helps it to be more scary because if that wouldn’t have caught his eye the story wouldn’t be that scary. Also because that caught his eye at that time he went to check it out. Another thing from the Landlady is how he leaves you at the end and you have to assume what’s going to happen. Some text evidence to support that is “No,

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