In Sleeping by Katharine Weber, the Winters ask Harriet to take care of their child “Charles” while they go out to the movies. While they’re gone, Harriet gives into curiosity and tries to check on Charles. “Harriet turned the knob very tentatively, but it seemed locked...She stood outside the door and tried to hear the sound of a baby breathing but she couldn’t hear anything through the door except the occasional car that passed by on the street outside.” (p. 1) If there was just a regular baby behind the door, there would be no need for the Winters to lock the door and pay her hush money in the end of the story. There also would be no need for the Winters to approach a stranger such as Harriet to take care of their child unless they wanted to make sure that they would never see the sitter again. With this information, even a young child can recognize that Winters had tricked Harriet, giving her just enough information to let her believe that everything was normal when in reality, it wasn’t. The Winters had deceived Harriet. Similarly, another example of deception the following quote from The LandLady by Roald Dahl “The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds….” (p. 5) Given the fact that the story takes place in Swindon, most people don’t drink bitter almond when eating biscuits. Ergo, landlady added something to the tea, but if it was bitter then the additive wasn’t for flavor. The bitter almond
In Sleeping by Katharine Weber, the Winters ask Harriet to take care of their child “Charles” while they go out to the movies. While they’re gone, Harriet gives into curiosity and tries to check on Charles. “Harriet turned the knob very tentatively, but it seemed locked...She stood outside the door and tried to hear the sound of a baby breathing but she couldn’t hear anything through the door except the occasional car that passed by on the street outside.” (p. 1) If there was just a regular baby behind the door, there would be no need for the Winters to lock the door and pay her hush money in the end of the story. There also would be no need for the Winters to approach a stranger such as Harriet to take care of their child unless they wanted to make sure that they would never see the sitter again. With this information, even a young child can recognize that Winters had tricked Harriet, giving her just enough information to let her believe that everything was normal when in reality, it wasn’t. The Winters had deceived Harriet. Similarly, another example of deception the following quote from The LandLady by Roald Dahl “The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds….” (p. 5) Given the fact that the story takes place in Swindon, most people don’t drink bitter almond when eating biscuits. Ergo, landlady added something to the tea, but if it was bitter then the additive wasn’t for flavor. The bitter almond