Lamb to the SlaughterLamb to the Slaughter

• Author• Biological Information• Literary Focus• Theme• Narration• Conflict• Characters• Plot

AuthorAuthor

• Roald Dahl–1916-1990–British Novelist–5 Children

Biological InformationBiological Information• Wrote for adults and

children

• Wrote: – James and the Giant

Peach

– Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Literary FocusLiterary Focus

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

ThemeTheme• Betrayal: Patrick is leaving

her.

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

NarrationNarration

• 3rd Person Limited

-Mary is telling the story

ConflictConflict

• Internal

–Needs to save unborn child

• External

–Mary vs. Patrick

–Mary vs. Detectives

CharactersCharacters• Mary–Protagonist–Wife–Murderer

• Patrick–Husband–Detective–Victim

• Jack Noonan

–Detective

• O'Malley

–Detective

• Sam

–The grocer

–Alibi

PlotPlot• 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