Hello readers,
Read "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl earlier this summer, at April's behest, which is about Mary Maloney and her husband Patrick, a police officer. April had wondered if this review was going to be longer than the short story itself, so will try to keep this brief!
The cool part was how Mary reacted. She realized that her husband was leaving her alone, but she knew that was already true, therefore her reactions toward him being gone forever was a hundred percent genuine.
She had loved him, but he was throwing her away as if he had used and was done with her, as if he were unwilling to participate in the expectations that she was living through, such as having their child and cooking him dinner after his nightly drinking rituals.
I found it quite comedic that she killed her husband, as if he were a system error that she had to correct with a more believable story. Her husband’s co-workers may have even known he was going to end his marriage, so her story needed to ensure that he was killed while she was unaware of that fact. Through Mary's unsettling fear of being alone, Roald Dahl highlighted the effects and distractions of the routines in our outlined systems.
Thank you for reading.
Allen W. McLean
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