Comparing Lamb Of The Slaughter And The Elevator

Murder, one of the worst crimes a human could commit, is not taken lightly and most times the primary suspect is a male. In the 2 stories, “Lamb of the Slaughter”, and “The Landlady”, the reader learns just how murderous man’s counterpart can be. Roald Dahl, the author of these 2 stories, wrote “Lamb of the Slaughter” from the perspective of Mary Malony a loving housewife who gets terrible news, and wrote“The Landlady” from the perspective of Billy Weaver, a 17 year old businessman who stumbles across a Bed and Breakfast run by our next “Mistress of Death”. The reader will learn that even though these 2 stories are different in many ways, they still have plenty of similarities.

Nowadays, freedom is a fundamental right for each man and woman, but it is not a perfect concept. When one’s freedom is endangered, he can do unimaginable things, especially when love is at stake or can react weirdly when he acquires it. It’s exactly what Kate Chopin, a female American author during the 19th century, did when she treated about women’s conditions in the short-story Story of an Hour in 1894, where a woman falsely learns about his husband’s death. Almost 60 years later, Roald Dahl wrote Lamb To The Slaughter, set in Great Britain, where a woman kills her husband and hide the evidences cleverly. These two short stories are not only comparative on the two female protagonists and the imagery used, but also on the main themes

Have any words in a book ever made you feel like you couldn’t sleep at night? In the “Landlady” the author Roald Dahl created the story to be full of suspense but makes the reader feel like they were in the story. Roald made the storey suspenseful so that the reader will be more interested but also not be able to put the book down. Roald creates suspense by leaving you hanging and not knowing what is going to happen next.

In the stories Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl and Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver both show how couples in distress leads to abuse and more extreme violence. It some extreme cases it can lead to death of a loved one. Lamb to the Slaughter and Popular Mechanics are similar because in both storys there is violence and unhealthy relationships. Also they are similar because the male leaves the household because of a divorce.

Jack Finney is an American author that has written many books in his lifetime, one being “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket”, a short story about a man who risked his life for his job. In this short story fear takes over this man’s body, he is faced with acrophobia, which is the fear of heights, and many other challenges. There is a lot of suspense created in this story and Jack Finney uses internal and external conflicts and cause and effect to fabricate that suspense.

The author uses foreshadowing to create suspense. Dahl carefully places foreshadowing throughout the rising action to cause the reader anxiety about what will happen next, such

Death is the undeniable force that compels people into extreme situations. The Demon in the Freezer, by Richard Preston, is a dystopian novel that focuses on smallpox and the eradication of the horrific disease. On the other hand, Lost Horizon, by James Hilton, is a utopian novel set on a surreal island where a perfect society is idealized. These two novels present a central theme about human nature; however, it is displayed in different ways as shown through the contrasting genres of books. The novels' use of conflict, as well as diction, tone, and mood; along with motifs, present the theme that the fear of death pushes people to extreme behaviors.

Six of my friends have been shot in the last year alone. Ten of them died in car wrecks. I'm afraid of them and they don't like me because I'm afraid" (30). Showing that people have grown more violent towards each other. This can easily be compared to today. There’s been such an increase in violence, that the U.S was placed in the top ten most dangerous countries. Montag confronts another woman who is unusual when he goes to burn her books. She refuses to let Montag and his coworker incinerate her books - “you can’t ever have my books”- and sets herself on fire (38). Montag, wondering what possessed her to commit such a horrendous act, steals a book to obtain the meaning. Montag goes home and reveals his hidden smorgasbord of books to his wife, Mildred. When Mildred reacts with an angry display against the books by running “forward, seiz[ing] a book, and [running] toward the kitchen incinerator,” she exhibits her connection to society’s brainwashed perspective that knowledge destroys the utopia that technology has produced (66). After Mildred’s reaction, Montag embarks on a tedious quest through a possessed subway in which a subliminal message is repeated over and over:

But in The Pit and the Pendulum, the hopes of the narrator saved him eventually but still he felt himself to be not in his life on many occasions when he had to endure tortures in the dark and dreadful dungeon. Thus this project had encompassed a bird eye’s view on the facts that were not much known among the admirers of Poe. As a result of the final analysis of the horror short stories, we have unwrapped how horror short stories gained influence from Poe’s life itself and his horror short stories, The Black Cat and The Pit and the Pendulum are with much logical clarity and finally the selected short stories shudder fear and thus are proved to be the dark of the

Tobias Wolff’s short story, “That Room” is a very suspenseful story that has the reader on the edge of their seat while reading it. Suspense and excitement is created through the plot and theme of the story which are both developed through four main literary devices. In the story, the narrator is put into what is potentially a life or death situation and it is at this point that he becomes aware that one is never really in full control of his or her own life. Throughout this literary analysis I will discuss the plot and theme of the story in terms of how Wolff uses setting, tone, characterization, and symbolism to enhance both the theme and the plot.

The short story Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl contains many literary elements that contribute and impact the story and also add to the writer’s craft. The story is about a woman, Mary Maloney, who accidentally kills her husband and tricks the police into believing she is innocent. The literary element of dramatic irony was portrayed and impacted the reader’s perspective of the story. Mary Maloney, who is the killer of her husband, persuaded the police to eat a leg of lamb which actually was the murder weapon. The police do not realize they are being tricked as shown in the quote, “personally I think it’s (the murder weapon) right here on the premises” (9). The dramatic irony is that it the police are looking for the weapon but they are eating the very evidence they are looking for and do not know it. This shows that Dahl knows how to spin an ironic twist in his story without it seeming out

Short stories everywhere all have exceptional ideas, and deep plots. They are able to share plots of murder and irony, or even love and romance. The stories The Gift of the Magi,by O.Henry, and Lamb to the Slaughter, by Roald Dahl, both have great plots, author's craft, and symbolism. One, about two lovers who cannot afford a Christmas gift, and will sacrifice it all for love, and another, about a murder, and its cover up. While both stories are compelling to readers, The Gift of the Magi is the better story when compared to each other because of its symbolism, imagery and is able to identify with readers.

In the story the elevator the theme is facing your fears . They live in an old apartment building with an eerie elevator. Martin and his dad live on the 3rd floor. Martin is terrified of the rickety old elevator. Then one day he is late for school because he cannot face his fears he runs full speed down the stairs.

”Due to, the fat lady appearing every time he got on the elevator and his fear of elevators falling down this shows, Martin has a huge fear of elevators. Every time martin arrives on the elevator he see’s the fat lady .“Until morning the elevator stopped at the fourteenth floor,and the fat lady got on .”Obviously, Martin is

In the first place, Martin is someone who is terrified of many things and feels endangered by a stranger. The beginning of the story informs readers that Martin is small and terrified of elevators because he is claustrophobic and multiple other reasons such as the lighting, the colors, the door, etc.. This is why he continues over exaggerates throughout