Dialectical Journal Worksheet

theme: everything is not what it seems at first
1. “Please come in,” she said pleasantly. She stepped aside, holding the door wide open, and Billy found himself automatically starting forward into the house." This shows that at first Billy sees the hotel as completely normal with no odd suspicions. He thinks that nothing odd has happended yet as he states later.
2. "His landlady wasn’t there, but the fire was glowing in the hearth, and the little dachshund was still sleeping in front of it" This shows that the hotel that Billy is stayign at seems very friendly and the animals there make it seem like your at home.
3. “I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away." This shows that the animals which Billy previously thought were real were infact stuffed and put out for show.

Towards the middle and end it is eery and creepy.
1. Roald Dahl describes bath as a quaint little town. He talks about what Billy Weaver is wearing, the weather, and why he's in Bath. "He walked briskly down the street." When the author writes this is the context it shows that Billy is seemingly confident to those around him. He hasn't encountered anything suspicious.
2. "Now, the fact that his landlady appeared to be slightly off her rocker didn’t worry Billy in the least." When Roald Dahl says this it sets the tone for the other things that the landlady sayd and does for Billy Weaver. He is not intimidated by the lady; however, he is the smallest bit offed by her kindness towards him.
3. “Now wait a minute,” he said. “Wait just a minute. Mulholland ... Christopher Mulholland ... wasn’t that the name of the Eton schoolboy who was on a walking-tour through the West Country, and then all of a sudden ...” This shows that the landlady is trying to hide something from Billy