Lamb To Slaughter Vs Popular Mechanics

Both articles also explain things on a personal level. We can connect and relate these articles because they are real life and social issues In America today In

In some ways both short stories were written with some similarities in mind. In both of the short stories that were told there was a death taken place which is a sad thing in stories that could affect the mood of the reader. After the death there is someone to clean it up and keep it secret so no one would know In both of the stories there is unique writing styles used to add effect to the story. These are some of the things that were used in both stories that kind of put them together as

In the “ Lamb to the Slaughter,” this girl Mary as the police officer’s wife, she was a caring loving person, she loved him so much then when he came home from work he had something on his mind, and it started to worry Mary. so Mary started to get a little worried about the way we was acting he was acting like he didn’t want anything to do with her. So he finally tells her that he wants a divorce with her, she didn’t know what to do so she went in there and was going to cook him a meal, but he stopped her and said he is going out. Then she took that Lamb leg and killed him with it hit him on top of the head. She didn’t mean to she loved him so much she snapped and killed him.

She lifted it out, and looked at it---a leg of lamb “ (Page 2). The fact that Mary Maloney can’t even feel herself doing anything, corresponds to how shocked she is. As a matter of fact, that is when her consciousness of her action momentarily fades away. She cannot accept the fact that her beloved husband would betray her like this, but in a way, the introduction to the story already tells us that their relationship isn’t strong and loving. Also, Mary is shown to have picked the very first thing she found, which was a lamb leg. This proves that she had no intention of premeditating a weapon beforehand, but instead used whatever she could find to let out her emotions. In addition, pregnant women are more emotionally unstable and because of that Mary Maloney couldn’t handle the stress of the news her husband told her. The final quote that proves her temporary insanity is, “She stepped back, waiting, and the strange thing was that he remained standing there for at least four or five seconds. Then he crashed onto the carpet. The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helped to bring her out of the shock… It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden. She began thinking very fast. As the wife of a detective, she knew what the punishment would be…In fact, it would be a relief. On the other hand, what about the baby ” (Page 2)? Not only did she regain her consciousness, moments after her husband’s death, but she also

In Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” , Mary Maloney murders her husband, a detective, after he declares that he is leaving her. Mary then has to cover her tracks or else she and her unborn child will be killed. Throughout the story, Mary’s character changes from loving wife to cold killer and back again based on her situation.

Mary has three distinct personalities throughout the story. In the beginning of the short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter” she seems like a devoted wife to her husband, Patrick. For instance, “The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the

Dahl’s use of dramatic irony during the story helps displays the actions of Mary Maloney and other characters. Mary Maloney swings the leg of the lamb to the back of the head of her husband. Dahl says, “ she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head” (Dahl 320). As a result, this quote is effective because the lamb was used as a weapon, instead of food; which shows that Mary could use anything to harm someone without her trying or when it was her attempt to hurt that someone. The story writes, “Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack”. In the same way as the first quote, this sets back to Mary because she sabotages the police to eat the lamb. With the police eating the lamb she is getting rid of the evidence so she does not get caught. From the use of dramatic irony in the story, Dahl's builds Mary as a character; he also uses different irony to create her.

While doing her everyday routine, and waiting for her husband little did she know this would be his last day coming home. At about ten minutes till five she heard Patrick’s car arrive. Marry started her day like any other sewing and greeting Patrick at the door. After she poured him a drink he finished it fast and got back up to get another. Patrick then told Mary he was leaving her for another woman, in this case she had a sudden reaction. With all the opportunities present, she did something she never thought she would do. She killed her husband with malice causing her to be guilty of second degree murder.

She was there to buy peas, potatoes and corn for dinner. She was not there when Patrick was killed; it could not have been her. When same came home she was surprised that her husband was killed. It might have been a skilled ex-convict that he was capable of killing Patrick. The ex-convict must have wanted revenge on Patrick for arresting and sending him to jail. There was also no evidence of a murder weapon. There were also no fingerprints on the body. Mary couldn’t have killed him with her own bare fists. Without a weapon, what would she have killed him

Which is after the killing happened. Mary then goes and plans her alibi after. Once her state of mind became clear, she thought about what her punishment would be. She quickly considered her unborn child. Mary had no clue of what they would do to her and her child. Her unborn child meant a lot to her so she did not want to risk it. Then she went upstairs to fix herself. She then repeated multiple times of what she was going to say to the grocery store worker.

She cleverly and quickly thinks of and alibi by going grocery shopping immediately after the murder. While going grocery shopping, Mary Maloney still acts normal: “It wasn’t six o’clock yet and the lights were still on in the grocery shop. ‘Hullo Sam’, she said brightly smiling at the man behind the counter” (Dahl 14). She uses her knowledge on murders from her husband to create a good alibi and makes sure she has everything needed to create a good alibi like the time and normal facial expression, proving her intelligence. Furthermore, Mary Maloney is also intelligently able to completely get rid of the weapon she used to kill her husband by feeding the lamb to the police.

In the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney is a deceptive criminal. At this point in the story, Mary travels to the grocery store to create an alibi for herself. After she talks with Sam the grocer, she returns home and calls the police. Sobbing, she uses her alibi and pretends she does not know how the murder occurred. Dahl writes, “Is he dead? She cried. “I’m afraid he is. What happened? Briefly, she told her story about going to the grocer and coming back to find him on the floor. While she was talking, crying and talking...” (Dahl 9). The act of Mary killing her husband is a crime, which makes Mary a criminal. She simply killed her husband without a second thought, not remembering that she had been with him for years

After being told the news of the divorce her immediate response was whispering, “I’ll fix some supper. ”(Dahl 2) She remains calm being in shock and can’t process that her role in life is being taken away from her. After the of killing her husband, Mary’ mind instantly races to think, “...what about the baby?”(Dahl 2) because she knows what happens to murderers but is focused on her unborn child as a maternal instinct. Mary lived through the role of a housewife consequently after Patrick pretty much takes her life away from her in an instant, it led to this outrageous act of hatred of his ability to take it away from her.

In the story popular mechanics and the story lamb the slaughter I thought it was interesting how they interconnected with one another it's like to story for the same book just a little difference. The story lamb to the slaughter was so good but a little crazy with all that happened at once to it was kinda messed up and disturbing but still a good story.Now the story popular mechanics was more like a regular messed up divorce or something and with the two idiots were just non-stop bickering and fighting the two adults just would not stop, it started with the wife/ex-yell at him to get out and like ok cool that's probably a fight or something but when he comes back just no why it like u want a fight and he starts asking for stuff like why just don't, then they like fighting over a baby like just why. The authors Raymond Carver.

Patrick decides to leave Mary and she believes that she should just go ahead and cook supper. After grabbing the leg of lamb from the freezer she returns and makes a hasty decision as “she saw him standing over by the window with his back to her,” she hit him with the lamb leg and” the violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning,” shook her from her shock (Dahl 4). When committing a murder the worst place to do so is your own house, that was a bad decision on Mary’s part. Patricks back was facing Mary so it is as if he had already left her leaving her to let love take the lead. The leg was the perfect club shaped weapon she needed to smack him dead. With the weapon of choice there is only one logical way to get rid of it, “She carried the meat into the kitchen, placed it in a pan, turned the oven on high, and shoved it inside,” (Dahl 5). Patrick's love for another women got him struck with the lamb leg which will not leave for a messy cleanup. Cooking the leg was a good decision for Mary trying to get rid of it. Being the wife of a detective she knew the range of punishments she could receive. When making illegal decisions we need an alibi to get out of it so “she ran downstairs, took her coat, went out the back door, down the garden, into the street,” and “the lights were still on in the grocery store,” (Dahl