Our English teacher taught us about literatures of deception (literatures about broken love), and gave us three examples, namely Lamb to the Slaughter, Male Child and Love.
In Lamb to the Slaughter, Mary Maloney cares a lot about her husband, Patrick Maloney but he somehow rejected her care and said that he would leave and as a result, he was being killed by his wife with a frozen lamb leg.
In Male Child, Chuan Poon is either being blessed or cursed with six daughters while his wife was pregnant. He hoped it is a male child this time. When a fortune-teller told him that he will be blessed with a male child, he was overjoyed until he goes to a whore-house and having a mid-wife. He beated his daughters and scolded his wife for not bearing a male child. His wife told him he could leave if she bears a female child. Upon hearing that, he prayed to God every day so she could bear a female child.
In Love, Frankie Liew is in love with Pearl, his new girlfriend. He dumped his ex-girlfriend, Mee Choo while Pearl dumped her ex-boyfriend, Hong. But when Pearl found out that Frankie is worse than Hong, they broke up, and each returned to their exes.
I liked Lamb to the Slaughter the most because Roald Dalph is very creative making readers jolt out of their sleepiness by writing that Mary has no feelings after she murdered her husband and also destroy the weapon by feeding it to the police officers.
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I agree with you. Roald Dhalh was very articulate in what he was saying in the story.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Male Child is easier to understand, I still like LTTS as it is very captivating.
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Hey! I'm Wei Lok. I also prefer the story "Lamb to The Slaughter". It was very interesting because the ending of every part of the story is unexpected. An exmaple is the feeling of Mary Maloney after she killed her husband. That's the most interesting part. Besides that, the way Roald Dhalh wrote this story was very special.
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