Dahls books and stories are known for their unexpected endings and often darkly comic themes.

Text dependent questions lamb to the slaughter. There are some betrayals that cannot be forgiven. Is there ever a situation in which revenge is the correct response to a betrayal. At the beginning of the text how does Dahl describe Marys characteristics.

What textual evidence does the author use to describe Mary and her house in order to achieve this effect. It is important to admit your guilt when you do something wrong. Dahls books are known for their unexpected endings and often darkly comic themes.

According to Of Revenge how will Mary be effected by the revenge she. On a literal level a frozen leg of lamb slaughters or kills Mr. These Lamb to the Slaughter.

Pages 317-318 Mary is described as a neat and seemingly content housewife. The reading will be chunked and there will be text dependent questions to answer after each section. What sort of household do we imagine the Maloney home to be.

Using your Text Dependent Question worksheet from Friday and your copy of Lamb to the Slaughter we will have a whole class discussion about Lamb to the Slaughter You will drive the discussion and class participation will be graded quality and quantity of participation. In the story Lamb to the Slaughter it has a number of meanings thoughThe first clear meaning is one that is a form of dark humor. They are Mary Maloney and her husband Patrick Maloney.

Which statement identifies the theme of the text. Lamb to the Slaughter By Roald Dahl 1953 Roald Dahl 1916-1990 was a British novelist short story writer and poet. Due tomorrow - Bring Independent Reading to class.