Lamb To The Slaughter Maloney

The short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl pertains to a Mary Maloney who is happily in love with her husband, Patrick. One day after coming home, Mrs.Maloney is told shocking news that isn’t revealed to the reader, but can be implied. Mrs.Maloney, in her own way of denying, demands that she will still make dinner. However, when she comes back with the leg of lamb that was meant for supper, it becomes the weapon that Mrs.Maloney takes her husband out with. Afterwards she heads to the store in order to create her story and comes back to be greeted with the lifeless body of her husband. After seeing this and breaking down, she goes to call Patrick's coworkers, the police. Long after the investigation has started, Mary offers the hard at work officers to eat the leg of lamb that has been cooking. She is able to persuade them creating a loss of evidence and a loss of suspicion. Using her looks to deceive and intelligence to prevail, Mrs.Maloney is able to escape any punishment.

These aren’t the only types of books that Dahl has written in his lifetime. He has written a number of books concerning death, wickedness, and betrayal. Dahl was born on September 13th, 1916 in Llandaff, Wales. At 23 years old, In 1939, Dahl joins the Royal Air Force.Less than a year later, he is in a plane crash causing him to suffer from severe back and head injuries. The time spent in the military will become an inspiration for the adult portion of his books. It is interesting to see Dahl and his many different genres he is able to write in and how well he writes within those genres. However his books still carry enough strange to be appropriate while being able to capture the reader. “Lamb to the Slaughter” holds true to that same connecting piece as