The Landlady by Ms Vogel https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady Preparation for your ALT en-us 2021-03-17 23:15:51 UTC 2021-03-19 00:30:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Consider the following jul_vogel https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1323059836 •What is the narrative structure/arc and how does it impact the reader?
•Exposition - setting, time, characters and situation
•Inciting incident or conflict
•Rising action - more problems or conflicts
•Climax
•Resolution
•The exposition – how are the characters, the situation and the setting and time introduced? What language features and vocabulary combine to engage the reader?  
•How did the writer build tension in the story? 
]]> 2021-03-17 23:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1323059836 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327875747 "Well you see, both of these names -Mullohand and Temple- I not only seem to remember each one of them separately, so to speak, but somehow or other,  in some peculiar way, they both appear to be sort of connected together as well,"]]> 2021-03-18 23:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327875747 Billy https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327881357 -He is a kind young man that seems smart and well mannered.

- "Excuse me but is there at fairly cheap hotel not too far away from here?" He says this very politely.

- He wears nice clothes and makes himself look handsome with a suit and jacket and only being 17.]]> 2021-03-18 23:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327881357 Patrick - "But my dear boy, he never left. He's still here. Mr. Temple is also here, they're on the fourth floor, both of them together." https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327882180 This quote by the landlady is a bit odd. It's the way she talks about them and by the fact that they never left. The landlady is also just an odd person.]]> 2021-03-18 23:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327882180 Bed and breakfats quotes https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327885330 on the carpet infront of the fire was a preety little dachshund curled up asleep]]> 2021-03-18 23:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327885330 billy https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327886761 'she had a warm welcoming smile']]> 2021-03-18 23:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327886761 mum gae https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327887195 'Why don't you come in out of the cold?' this shows that the landlady cares/pretends to care about Billy's health, making him comfortable ]]> 2021-03-18 23:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327887195 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327891690 the chrysanthemums colour combined with the colour of the green curtains is very warming and welcoming.]]> 2021-03-18 23:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327891690 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327892272 "but she was also kind and generous"]]> 2021-03-18 23:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327892272 Jon and Little billy https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327892609 2021-03-18 23:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327892609 Ben and ryan https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327892640 The living room, like the whole of the bed and breakfast is too good to be true. Everything about it is slightly off: from the description of the furniture to serene and frozen nature of the whole room.]]> 2021-03-18 23:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327892640 ' "famous," she said, setting the tea tray down on the low table in front of the sofa. "oh no, I don't think they were famous, but they were incredibly handsome I can tell you that." https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327897421 This is an odd thing as an old woman obsessing over multiple men and THEN saying that they never left. 


]]> 2021-03-18 23:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327897421 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327898615 "I've put a water bottle between the sheets to air them out, Mr. Weaver. its such a comfort to have a hot-water bottle in a strange bed with clean sheets, don't you agree? and you may light the gas fire at any time if you feel chilly"

the Landlady is making Billy feel very welcome by making him feel at home. 
Billy probably thinks she is just a nice old lady who has a motherly way about her. Billy probably thinks she is a bit lonely]]> 2021-03-18 23:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327898615 Ryan and b̶e̶n̶ https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327903201 The living room is very strange as there are many things that are suspicious, the stuffed animals which Billy thinks are real, the flowers which seem all too well kept, and the Landlady herself who is rather too comfortable in her living room. ]]> 2021-03-18 23:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327903201 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327906123 "I'm almost positive it was in the newspapers I saw them [the names]" - billy
this quote along with the first quote link together to slowly hint that Mulholland and Temple are both missing or that they aren't ok without explicitly telling you. These quotes would be less suspicious if the lady hadn't been referred to as 'dotty' or other things hinting that she is actually evil. The entire mood of the story feels slightly off and fake due to the very small details about the landlady's house and person within the warm and comforting images the rest of the story gives off. If these abnormalities were emphasised more, you would be less uncomfortable and would not be drawn to only Mulholland and Temple's resemblance in Billy's memories and you would be distracted by the other off putting aspects in the story and they would not stand out.
]]> 2021-03-18 23:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327906123 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327906311 " Animals were a good sign in a place like this" is what billy told himself when he looked into the bed and breakfast he also said "All in all this place looked to him as though it would be a pretty decent place to live in" This furthers the stories theme of deception in the form of the stuffed pets where they look calm and sleeping on the carpet when they're actually dead and stuffed as well as that it looks so cosy and lovely but actually dead and has a  crazy old women that could be a murderer in it]]> 2021-03-18 23:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327906311 Tension (Jay) https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327906625 The way that the writer built tension throughout the story was slower at the beginning, and when the story got closer to the end, the rate at which the tension was building sped up a lot. But the unique thing with this story, and other (adult) stories by the same writer, is that the tension never breaks. The story leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat without an ending. the story leaves you to assume how it ends.   
" "Left?" she said, arching her brows. "But my dear boy, he never left. He's still here. Mr. Temple is also here. They're on the fourth floor, both of them together." "]]> 2021-03-18 23:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327906625 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327911007 "I should like very much to stay here." This indicates that Billy is impressed with everything that he has been offered and he feels very satisfied with the place.                                            ]]> 2021-03-18 23:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327911007 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327911025 "Mullohand. . . Christopher Mullohand . . . 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 suggests that something happened to Christopher while he was on a walking tour, which helps the reader infer that he went missing after seeing the other clues.]]> 2021-03-18 23:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327911025 https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327913200 "and what about supper my dear? did you manage to get anything to eat before you came here?" 

she is worried about his well - being and wants to make sure he is okay. ]]> 2021-03-18 23:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327913200 Billly thought it would be a nice homey place to stay while he was in bath. The bed and breakfast signs. https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327914971 2021-03-18 23:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327914971 The Guest Book https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327916903 Both of  the previous entries of the guestbook were put there years before Billy walked into the]]> 2021-03-18 23:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327916903 Resolution (Jay) https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327968170 There isn't really a solidified resolution of the story, because we don't get confirmation on what happens. The reader gets left with nothing but their imagination and the implications that the book leaves you with.
" "Excuse my asking, but haven't there been any other guests here except them in the past two or three years?" Holding her teacup high in one hand, inclining her head slightly to the left, she looked up at him out of the corners of her eyes and gave him another gentle little smile. "No my dear," she said. "Only you." "]]> 2021-03-19 00:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jul_vogel/sealpreplandlady/wish/1327968170