Roald Amundsen

Mary Maloney killed her husband, In the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” Roald Dahl describes Mary Maloney’s reaction to her husband's news. Mrs. Maloney shows very atypical, clever and manipulative skills throughout the story but more so after having killed her husband. The author Dahl wrote this short story in the 1950’s when women were expected to be housewives after working in the place of men. Men were now back from world war II and they expected to be well treated by their wives. Not every…

Culture and society are constantly changing; adapting to the people who inhabit the world, the technology that shapes our daily lives, and the philosophies of the common people. Throughout history different art forms have best captured instances of the culture and thoughts of the people. Grecian urns showcase their mythos and famous battles, the Dark Ages told stories through the use of tapestries, the Renaissance was best captured in the hands of painters, the Age of Exploration was a time of…

Three main similarities between the movie and text version of Lamb to the Slaughter. Mary denied Patrick's news about him leaving her for another woman that he fell in love with. Mary decided to head off to the grocery store to help cover up her crime to give herself an alibi to when it might have happened. On the other hand, Mary cooks up the evidence or murder weapon, and the police end up eating it. The difference between the story and the film are the sewing when Mary offers the police…

Roald Dahl, a British novelist, develops the short story, “The Landlady,” with a buildup to an electrifying, cliffhanger ending through his use of the characters and the setting. The author uses evocative and vivid description throughout the story, which helps develop the scenes that paint a picture of the two characters Billy Weaver, seventeen-year-old, who has a business person mindset and the kind, generous, but dotty landlady. Dahl expertly sets up the scene for his audience, where Billy…

Looking For Alaska is an amazing young adult novel about a boy, Miles, going to the same boarding school his dad went to when he was younger. We see him grow up and meet new friends in this story, while learning more than he ever imagined. Looking For Alaska was chosen out of hundreds of books to be given the Michael L. Printz award. This award is given to books that are thought to be the best for young adults. Looking For Alaska deserved the Michael L. Printz award for the compelling themes it…

as though she had not heard him, she would find out that none of it ever happened” (Dahl 2). Mary Maloney said this right before she killed her husband out of a crime of passion. This essay will discuss that Mary Maloney was a dynamic character in Roald Dahl’s Lamb To The Slaughter by the way she acts, what she says, and how her thoughts are described in the text. Firstly, Mary Maloney can be verified as dynamic character by the way she acts. In the beginning of the haunting short…

Roald Dahl was a short story writer, a poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. One of his books was called “The Landlady”. In his story, it talks about a lady around forty-five to fifty years old, living in a house by herself until someone came around. She seems too nice at first but later on in the story when the main character, Billy, comes around and stays with her, you will find out why the landlady usually never gets guests to stay at her house. In this story, “The Landlady,” Billy Weaver…

‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ written by Roald Dahl. The reason why I chose this short story is because of the genre (thriller/crime story), the author and the length. Yes, indeed, especially the length. I’ll be honest, I hate reading. Usually I get really bored and distracted when I have to read a book or story. So I started reading. In the back of my head all I thought was ‘this better be over soon’, but somehow the first few lines could draw my attention. Roald Dahl described the setting of the…

In both the short story and Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptation of “Lamb to the Slaughter”, by Roald Dahl, the important plot elements of the short story stayed about the same. Mary Maloney was a pregnant housewife in the 1950’s who murdered her husband because he wanted to leave her. She was obsessive about their relationship and overwhelmed with such rage and disbelief about his decision to leave her, that she killed him. Mary covered it up by going out to buy groceries and pretending that she…

In the story The Landlady a 17 year-old boy decides to stay at a bed and breakfast. Throughout the story we realize that the lady who is taking care of him starts to act a little bit weird. We know this because she is only interested in catering to young males. What gives us another reason for us to believe she is weird is that no one else staying at the bed and breakfast. Us readers care about Billy and don't want him to die or get hurt by the landlady. Not caring about the character(s) is one…