The short story “Lamb to the slaughter” writen by Roald Dahl is amazing, due to its complex plot. The main character Mary Maloney is in her house waiting for his husband, who is Patrick Maloney , and works as a police detective.
The author does an unspected and surprising ending in the short story. During its climax Mary Maloney is going to tell her husband that she is pregnant, while he is going to leave her. Because he has just begun another relationship with a lover.
Not accepting what Patrick Maloney is going to abbandoned her, she kills him with a leg of lamb. In the resolution of the short story, Mary prepares an allaby to convinced the detectives and the police , so they belive her.
Personally, I have read the “Lamb to the slaughter” more or less five times and I have enjoyed a lot . In addition , the same happended with the book “ Charlie and the chocolate fabrik” writen by Roald Dahl too.Both readings are amazing to read.
Graffiti Woman
This story is the one I liked most of all the stories I read for LOEII.From my point of view,Patrick deserved to be murdered like that because of what he did and what he was going to do.The ending is quite amusing in which the police officers eat the murder weapon.
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Hello! I agree with you Kite, this short story is very funny and enjoyable. In my opinion, when Patrick decided to leave his six-month pregnant wife, he seemed to be rather selfish, cold, and indifferent. Because of that, I think that Mary’s reaction was correct, he really hurt her. As regards the end, it was really unexpected and humorous. I remember that the policemen were eating the weapon and they were also saying "Get the weapon, and you’ve got the man", when in fact the weapon was under their noses!
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