How does Roald Dahl create suspense when writing? In the story, “The Landlady” Robert Dahl creates suspense throughout the reading. He is able to accomplish this by giving clues, describing character’s, and the word choice. He also gives suspense by explaining the actions of the characters. By how the landlady acts. How the reader is able to notice that there is something eerie going on. But the real suspense, is he going to survive….

Did he give readers clues? Roald Dahl gives the reader clues in the story when the landlady acts strange when he was drive by that sing saying Bed and breakfast, ‘’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