The answer would be : "...to debate issues".
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Photon
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Although there are many themes of "The Landlady" by author Roald Dahl, one of the main themes is appearance vs reality. The Landlady is very nice and generous towards Billy which causes him to ignore the sinister plot the Landlady is conjuring.
Leslie doesn't fit in and gets bullied a lot by his classmates, so Jess gets frustrated with her. Because of his feelings about Leslie, he couldn't sleep because of worrying about it too much.