Landlady Answers

1.Foreshadowing:
Foreshadowing is an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. The author of a mystery novel might use foreshadowing in the early chapter of his book to give readers an inkling of an impending murder or other such thing."There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums, tall and beautiful, standing just underneath the notice." This is foreshadowing because you take chrysanthemums to the cemetery which gives us a glimpse of a cemetery or death.

2.Foreshadowing leaves much of the plot to figure out for yourselves and a bit more mysterious and poetic. Both of these writing tools give us a clue of what might happen later in the story."The big shots up at the head office were absolutely fantastically brisk all the time. They were amazing." From this I infer that Billy Weaver looks up to his bosses and is inspired by them.

3.Swanky:"They had porches and pillars and four or five steps going up to their front doors, and it was obvious that once upon a time they had been very swanky residences." Because Bob had won the lottery next week he was driving around in a swanky Mercedes.
Congenial: "On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boardinghouse." Marc and Anna's wedding party had a congenial atmosphere.
Rapacious:"The name itself conjured up images of watery cabbage, rapacious landladies, and a powerful smell of kippers in the living room."The businessman was rapacious about money as he walked down the street and saw a bog stack of money in the lottery window.
Dither:" After dithering about like this in the cold for two or three minutes, Billy decided that he would walk on and take a look at The Bell and Dragon before making up his mind."As I was coming down on the 165 bus I thought whether to take the number nine bus or the 4-6. As I stopped at the T-junction I dithered about it for 1 or 2 minutes and decided to take the number nine.
Compelling:"Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house, and the next thing he knew, he was actually moving across from the window to the front door of the house, climbing the steps that led up to it, and reaching for the bell."The forensic evidence compelled the judge to sentence a 30 year long time in jail.
Compulsion:" The compulsion or, more accurately, the desire to follow after her into that house was extraordinarily strong."I felt a sudden compulsion to eat the rest of the cake.
Dotty:"The old girl is slightly dotty, Billy told himself." In her later life Barbara turned dotty and her neighbours said the old girl is slightly dotty.
Dainty:"“Dear me,” she said, shaking her head and heaving a dainty little sigh."My British grandmother liked serving afternoon tea in a dainty tea set.
Tantalizing:"There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory."As Oliver walked past the window the tantalizing smell of roast and vegetables wafted up his nostril.
Linger:" There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this that lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory."There was a lingering warmth of summer in the air as the first of October arrived.
Emanate:" Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person."As John walked down the corridor after P.E. his bag emanated a certain smell that is better not written about.
Malevolent:The students gave the teacher a malevolent look as he gave homework out.
Naive:I used to be naive when I used to believe in Santa Claus.
Gullible:The boss was gullible because he believed that his colleagues work hard all day.
Beguiling:Giving children sweets is a beguiling method of befriending them.

4.But the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks. This uses touch imagery. And the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance. This uses seeing imagery.

5.I think that the Landlady has been killing the children and then later stuffing them because she said"But the trouble is that I’m inclined to be just a teeny-weeny bit choosy and particular—if you see what I mean.” and a normal landlady would except anybody who came there. Also when they are walking up the stairs she says"“Like you,” she added, and her blue eyes travelled slowly all the way down the length of Billy’s body, to his feet, and then up again" and this makes it sound like she is weighing him up and saying he's good to stuff in other words.

6."And now a queer thing happened to him. He was in the act of stepping back and turning away from the window when all at once his eye was caught and held in the most peculiar manner by the small notice that was there. BED AND BREAKFAST, it said. BED AND BREAKFAST, BED AND BREAKFAST, BED AND BREAKFAST. Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from that house, and the next thing he knew, he was actually moving across from the window to the front door of the house, climbing the steps that led up to it, and reaching for the bell."I think this bit is the climax because this marks the spot were he goes into the house and not to the Bell and Dragon. Without this bit the story would be different and this is the point from no return.

7.It did change because first I thought she was going to kill him with her bare hands but when the tea tasted like bitter almonds I changed my mind and now think that she poisons them and then stuffs them.

8.I really like the ending because its a really good open ended end and it makes you want to read more and you now roughly what will happen. Also I think the story is good because it uses foreshadowing and things like the burnt almonds and imagery and its a good read for me.