Lamb to the Slaughter
The plot summary is how Mary Maloney would wait patiently every night for her husband to come home from work. She was six months pregnant and loved her husband very much and would cater to him as soon as he entered the house. One night, Patrick had a four or five minute conversation with his wife. It seems that he was leaving her, but offer to give her money and see that she was looked after and there was no need to make a fuss, because it was not good for his job. Mary got a leg of lamb from the freezer to start supper, but struck Patrick over the head with meat and killed him. She went to the grocer and spoke to Sam to have an alibi. Patrick’s coworkers investigated the crime scene and was looking for the murder weapon which was cooking in the oven. Discussion of action is how Mary is preparing the supper to get away with this crime, which I think she a smart character. Mary Maloney is the main character and is a pregnant housewife that snapped and murder him in a state of shock, but planned the perfect cover up. She is calm and smart character. Patrick Maloney seems to be a cold and unaffectionate person, after telling his wife, he just want to go out and showed no concern for her feelings. Sergeant Jack Noonon is the detective in the murder case seems to be easily tricked by the victim’s wife, because he knows her. The plot twist is that murder weapon which the detectives had a feeling was on the premises, but they were eating it for supper. Three literary terms are imagery which is the leg of lamb. The irony is that the hunger detectives did not even suspect the murder weapon cooking in the oven, which the smelled it instead of seeing it. Foreshadowing is how Mary kept wanting to make supper and the supper is what helped her get away with the murder. If her husband stayed for supper he may have been alive. The rating is 4.5/5 because the plot twist is a mystery and funny and how his housewife fooled the detectives.
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