Lamb To The Slaughter By Roald Dahl

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Lamb to the slaughter is a short story, written by the author Roald Dahl in 1953. This story is exposing a young couple in the late 1979 who was living in a lovely house and a peaceful environment. All parts of the story is about the family Maloney. However the main character, the antagonist: Patrick Maloney did twisted the story at all. Also the author, used a lot of tips to introduce the story such as: a written short story and a video.
In this short story, I will compares how read the short story is better than watch the video.
First of all, this comparative essay will shows how the short story makes the brain work, second of all, the short story gives more details than the video do and finally an attention will be paid on how the
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The brain work means the effort of thought, reasoning, planning, or the like; ordered or directed thinking. As a student it is preferable to read the story than watching the video. The book forces the reader to use his imagination. In the short story, there is no pictures so while reading it is an obligation to imagine the scenario and this is good for the brain. However the video, tells you what to think by using special sounds effects and make the reader feels in a certain way. For example, in the short movie at the 1:59 minutes the background sound let thinks about something dramatical and disturbing in comparison of the short story when Marylin it was more sad than 0 and dramatical. As a student, it important to considers the plot diagram in a story and by reading the short story it is easier to describes the elements of the plot diagram. In the exposition there is mister Maloney who went back home and was apparently upset.Read the short story is a good tip to have a good memory. For example while reading the short story every readers will to remember what was the climax, in the purpose to understand the resolution and the falling action. By the way by watching the short video, the reader will feel more distracted and forget that it about an intellectual reflexion. Principally because of the music in the background. By reading the short story, the reader can improve his vocabulary nevertheless in the short video Lamb to the slaughter the sames words are presents but it is does not grab the attention. In the short story the author said «Now and again she would glance up at the clock, but without anxiety, (...». Anxiety means a feeling of nervousness, worry, or unease about something with an uncertain

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