Roald Amundsen

Have you ever heard of someone getting killed with a lamb leg? The story that I recently read was Lamb to the Slaughter, by Roald Dahl. This story is a fiction short story. The main idea of this story is Patrick Maloney's unexplained decision to leave his vulnerable, pregnant wife. The theme is the usage of betrayal, and violation of marriage. “ Treat other the way you want to be treated”. In Mrs. Maloney and Mr.Maloney’s home, there was a scarcity of love in their home in the 1950s. Around 5pm…

In the renowned short story, “Landlady,” Roald Dahl takes his readers through an adrenaline-pumping journey, making it an exemplary literary piece. Undisputedly, the setting of this story is the most crucial component, as creates an unforgettable range of moods and helps build suspense. As the main character, Billy Weaver explores the setting, a new mood surfaces with every progressing paragraph and takes the reader through an emotional rollercoaster. When Weaver arrives at Bath, a sense of…

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Summary “Lamb to the Slaughter” written by Ronald Dahl conveys the unusual story of the death of Patrick Maloney. The setting of the story is in the 1950’s, in the household of the Maloney’s. Patrick was a police officer, while Mary was a house wife. The two were expecting their first child. Mary Maloney awaited the return of her husband, Patrick Maloney, from his work at the police station. Soon, he arrived home in a troubled mood. Immediately, Mary observed this mood…

Lamb to the Slaughter published in 1953 is about a mother named Mary Maloney who is six months pregnant waiting for her husband to get home from work. Usually when Patrick Maloney, her husband gets home from work they go out to dinner. When Patrick comes home he is in a strange mood and takes a stronger drink than usual. Mary tries comforting him by asking him if he would like any food or crackers. Patrick denied her service and asked her to sit down, announcing he has important matter to…

I am reporting on John Green’s book, Looking for Alaska. This book is a 221 page, hardback and paperback, young adult novel. Published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile, this would be the first book he would publish. During the week of July 29, 2012, Looking for Alaska hit New York Times best seller list at number ten. The book takes place in Alabama at Culver Creek Preparatory High School. Narrator, Miles Halter, leaves his what little of a life he has in Florida to attend his junior year at a…

She cooks the frozen leg of lamb she kills her husband with, calms herself down, tidies herself up and rehearses what she is going to say when she goes to the market, “Hullo Sam” (Dahl 2). She went to the market and acted very casually towards Sam the clerk so that he would not suspect anything. She made him believe she was going to buy the food to cook for her husband but it was only an alibi. She then went home and called the police and reported to them that her husband was dead. When the…

As deaf as a post, I was intensely focused on reading the amazing book, BFG. The magical book about a young innocent 8-year old boy around my age was fascinating. I was so immensely engrossed in this extraordinary story by Dahl that I did not notice that, as quick as a rabbit, the typically unremarkable television had begun to strangely hobble over to me on old wooden legs. It was not until it harshly bumped into me with its black box, grey screen, old-fashion appearance, and light brown legs…

On the contrary, Roald Dahl uses familiarity to initiate suspense in ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’. For example, the quote of “warm and clean, the curtains draw”, a familiar setting of a loving home gives a comfortable feeling but at the same time, it makes the audience anticipate what is going to be the outcome of the story. The wording of “warm” makes it feel like a home full of love and tenderness, which makes it creepier to expect something to happen. In addition to that, this point can also be…

I believe that errors in scientific experiments cannot be failure. Some errors in the tests are accidental and sometimes they are there for a purpose. Not all the time, of course, but there are plenty of examples that show that miscalculations in science are proven that create gigantic success and discovery. “We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.”…

a story written by Roald Dahl. The tell tale heart is written by Edgar Allen Poe. These two stories are very different but also in some ways similar. These two writers have written many stories and they were great. In these two stories there is a twisted and scary sort of theme. Also the main character in each book have the same kind of insanity. Edgar and Roald are also have created a theme of stories from their childhood which was not very good. So Edgar Allen Poe and Roald Dahl have some…