Lamb to the Slaughter• Author• Biological Information• Literary Focus• Theme• Narration• Conflict• Characters• Plot

Author• Roald Dahl

–1916-1990–British Novelist–5 Children

Biological Information• Wrote for adults and

children• Wrote:

– James and the Giant Peach

–Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Literary Focus

• Irony: Detective’s actually eat the evidence they are looking for.

Theme• Betrayal: Patrick is leaving

her.

• Revenge: Getting back at Patrick for wanting to leave her while she’s pregnant

Narration

• 3rd Person Limited-Mary is telling the story

Conflict• Internal

–Needs to save unborn child• External

–Mary vs. Patrick–Mary vs. Detectives

Characters• Mary

–Protagonist–Wife–Murderer

• Patrick–Husband–Detective–Victim

• Jack Noonan–Detective

• O'Malley–Detective

• Sam–The grocer–Alibi

Plot• Exposition

–The quiet home–Mary sewing

• Narrative Hook–Patrick leaving

Mary• Rising Action

–Mary hitting Patrick over the head with a leg of lamb

• Climax– Detective points out lamb

is cooking in oven.• Falling Action

–Detectives eating the lamb.

• Resolution–Detectives eating the

evidence.–Mary giggling