Lamb to the Slaughter Essay
The main conflict of this story is when Patrick came home from work and told Mary what happened. This is important in the story because this is why she killed him.
The setting of this story is important because they live in a small town and everyone knows everyone else. Because of this the store clerk, Sam, knew Mary and could give a detailed report about what she wanted and how she acted and that would help her get away with murder.
The main characters of this story are Mary and Patrick Maloney. Mary is a housewife that spends the day cooking ,cleaning and doing other jobs around the house. Patrick is a cop that serves his community everyday. We don’t know much about him because he was taken out of the story so soon. This story was written in 3rd person. The way I know this is because the author used words such as; he, she, and they.
The major theme of this story is, people aren’t always as they seem. This is because she seemed like a nice, little housewife that wouldn’t hurt anyone and she went off and killed her husband. The tone of this story was a pretty gloomy tone. This story seems gloomy because it wasn’t exciting or scary, it was more of a plain, and disturbed tone.
The things I learned from writing this essay are important in case I have to write reports in my job later in life. One of the things I learned while I was writing this essay is what a synopsis is. A synopsis is a short introduction of what you are doing in your essay. Another thing I learned is how much I hate writing essays.
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Good choice of story to review. This is one of the best stories I’ve read, although that’s a subjective opinion, since I am no literary expert. I would have liked to see a longer review, though, because there is so much to be said about this story.
Hey. I am in grade 9 and I had to look up some conflicts in the story. I have murder obviously but can you think of any other types of conflicts in this story?
another conflict would be the man leaving the wife while shes pregnant
i have to write whether mary maloney was a victim or a villain and i’m not quite sure which one to put down.
this is a gay book
this is a gay book it doesnt not ahve a plot