Mary Maloney: A Fictional Narrative

Did you know that John Wilkes Booth had actually attempted, and failed, to kidnap and assassinate president Lincoln multiple times before he succeeded? How about a fictional character like Mary Maloney? Whom of which subconsciously murdered her husband with a frozen chunk of meat after an emotional snap. Both of these people, fiction or not, have murdered people for a cause; one of which was more personal than the other. Mary’s cause was that her husband stated he was leaving her only moments before she attacked. While John’s cause was less personal, it still had a large effect on him and his future; John murdered Lincoln because he believed that it would be best for him and his country as a whole. The motives for their actions are very distinguishable

As they eat the lamb, Mrs. Maloney encourages and allows them to eat all of the evidence. “She wants us to finish it. She said so. Be doing her a favour…That’s a big club the guy must’ve used to hit poor Patrick… Personally, I think it’s right here on the premises. Probably right under our very noses” (Dahl).

The Perfect Murderer The best murderers are often the most unexpected ones. In the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney, a loving pregnant wife, kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb when he tells her that he wants to leave her. She goes grocery shopping afterwards and calls the police claiming that her husband was killed while she went grocery shopping. In the end, she gets away with killing her husband, Patrick Maloney. Mary Maloney is calm, intelligent and persuasive, making her a perfect murderer.

Have you ever met individuals and think they are so honest however then they accomplish something so ironic and make you suspect something? In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Mary Maloney is extremely charming and blameless in the first place however later turns into the complete opposite. In the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney, a housewife in her sixth month of pregnancy, is waiting for her husband to return home. After she hears some disillusioning news from her significant other, she lets out her indignation and slaughters her better half with a sheep's leg. After that, she devises an arrangement to cover her tracks up by controlling the policemen into eating the sheep out of thoughtfulness.

Ever since the beginning of time we have always heard stories about men and their acts in society, but now over the past century that has been changing. Women have always been forced into the role of being a house wife set to raise children, clean, and cook. They have struggled to become more then what they are told to be, and now given the changes in society they have a chance. Although recently many women are taking this change to far.

For example, after knocking her husband out with a frozen lamb leg, she puts the leg of lamb in the oven for dinner. Then she goes to the grocery store to get potatoes and peas where she has a friendly conversation with the grocer Sam. Mary tells Sam that they are eating in tonight because Patrick is too tired to eat out. When Mary returned home she called the police to tell them Patrick is dead. Mary explains to the police how she fund her husband on the floor dead when she got back from the grocery store.

This is a twisted, gripping tale of Mary Maloney, who murders her own husband by hitting him with a frozen leg of lamb and then hiding her crime and disposing of the evidence by feeding the lamb to the policemen who come to investigate the murder.

Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose is a non-fiction novel, edited by Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil, recounting the life of Mary Rose, hence the title. In this novel, Mary Rose recounts the last three years of her life, taking us along for the ride on the roller coaster that is her life. Mary Rose is forced to move to a small city that seems more like a town, causing her to be alone and desperate enough to hang out with anyone, even if they’re a bad influence. Mary Rose is dragged into a life full of drug and alcohol abuse, which doesn’t do anything to help with the life-threatening lung infection she has. Plagued with her troubled thoughts and a low self-esteem to match, Mary Rose struggles through life as a social outcast and a loner. Her story will leave you wanting to learn more and will forever stay with you in your mind.

Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home from work. She had everything ready for his arrival. They were supposed to go out that night. Her husband told her that he was going to leave her but he would help her, he would give her money and make sure she was taken care of. She went to make dinner and came out with a frozen lamb leg. She hit her husband in the back of his head. She put it in the oven and went to the grocery store. She came back and called the police. Told them she came home and “found” him dead. The detectives showed up looked at the body, looked

I would like to stay anonymous for certain reasons, but I must confess something. Mrs. Mary Maloney was the one who killed her husband, Mr. Maloney. I am someone she has confessed to and it would be great if you did not tell her that I just said that. You see, I do not want to ruin Mary and I’s friendship, but I felt that I must tell you this. She told me over the telephone this morning to confess. Mary told me how her husband told her that he was cheating on her with another woman and how he was leaving her. She then told me that she went to the freezer to grab the lamb leg and hit him in the back of the head, causing him to fall onto the table and die. Then she told me that she was petrified for her unborn baby’s life and tried to cover up

Dahl’s protagonist in “Lamb to Slaughter”, Mary Maloney, displays her deceitful nature when her husband comes home from a long day of work. Mary kills Patrick with a frozen leg of lamb after he informs her that he wants a divorce. Immediately thereafter, she goes to the store to purchase vegetables. This is the beginning of her deceit. Mary clearly does not need vegetables. Her trek to the store is her way of creating an an alibi. This adds another layer to her deception. Here, she engages in a conversation with a seemingly familiar clerk, Sam. She informs him that Patrick “decided he’s tired and doesn’t want to eat out tonight” (Dahl 3). This gives Sam the impression that her husband is still alive when in all actuality, he is dead. She has added yet another layer to her level of deception. Mary’s deception has no limits. She eventually deceives herself into thinking she did not murder her husband. She convinces herself that she is “not expecting to find

Mary, still demolished, crashed the lamb leg into Patrick’s head. Broken hearted, Mary called up her friend, Molly, explaining to her that Patrick had a long and tiring day at work so the will not being going out. After the phone call she stuck the lamb leg into the oven and went to the grocery story to get vegetables. Once she returned she wrecked the place to look as if it has been robbed and she dialed the police. When they arrived she, balling her eyes, exclaimed to them how she found her husband dead when she got home from the grocery store.

“For the next few months or more, I am going to go away far for works and other businesses,” he said.

Mary killed her husband by her hitting him on his head with a frozen leg of lamb. Her being a detective’s wife, knew how to set up her alibi. First, she cooked the murder weapon. She went to the grocer to establish her alibi; she was shopping for the evening dinner and was not home when her husband was killed. Mary called the police and told them her husband is dead. After verifying her alibi, Mary insisted on the detectives eating the murder weapon.

And her thoughts here cut short just then. There would be no time to try and understand what had