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Figurative Language In The Landlady

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Cold air surrounds you, you have been traveling for hours, then, you come across a cozy bed and breakfast. You decide to check it out, this situation is similar to one in the short story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl. This story summarizes how 17 year-old Billy Weaver's first and last stay at Bed and breakfast. However, in the story the author used figurative language, setting, and point of view to express the theme that “people are different on the inside”. During the story the author used point of view to express how people are different on the inside. The landlady seems to be nice at the start and starts to be more dim at the end, proven by Billy saying “the tea tasted of bitter almonds”(100). The bitter taste of almonds is related to cyanide,
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