“Excuse me,” he said, “but is there a fairly cheap hotel not too far away from here?” But the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks. Having darkly comic or unexpected endings.Īs you read, take notes on the metaphor and larger message presented in the text.īilly Weaver had traveled down from London on the slow afternoon train, with a change at Swindon on the way, and by the time he got to Bath it was about nine o’clock in the evening and the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance. He was a British novelist, short story writer, and poet. Both the questions and answers are shared below.īy Roald Dahl (1916-1990). Note: Feel free to skip reading the below passage if you are here to get just answers. Let us first read The Guilty Party passage and will answer at the end. In the context of the short story, what can we learn about fate from tragedy? In your opinion, what does this story teach readers about avoiding tragedy? What could Billy have done differently? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer. In the context of the short story, how do people face death? The landlady hints at her sinister intentions throughout the text – do you think Billy should have realized her plans? Was he in denial of his own fate? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer. In this text, Roald Dahl never outright states the landlady’s dark secret or reveals the fate of Billy and the other boys – what is the effect of this? How does it contribute to the suspense of the story? How does the shift in the physical description of the landlady throughout the passage impact the story’s meaning? How do the reader’s and Billy’s contrasting points of view affect the text? PART B: Which of the following details from the text best support the answer to Part A? PART A: What can the reader infer about the landlady from her conversation with Billy in the sitting room? PART B: Which quote from paragraph 12 best supports the answer to Part A? PART A: What does the word “compelling” mean as used in paragraph 12? Which of the following statements best identifies a theme of the text?
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