The different between Lamb to the Slaughter, Male Child and Love.

First, we talk about Lamb to the Slaughter. It is written by Roald Dahl. This is my favorite story of the 3 stories. I'm sure that this story must be written by an intelligent writer. It has a great climax when Mary Maloney killed her husband. I learned that when humans are motivated to kill another because of hate, the consequence is serious. Why Mary so love and care for her husband? Its because her husband had treated her well. Also, Mary Maloney was an intelligent woman that after using a frozen lamb to kill her husband, she quickly put the frozen lamb into the oven to terminate the evidence. So, you see, don't try to betray anyone, or you will get punishment. (Click here to watch the video of Lamb to the Slaughter.)

Now let's talk about Male Child. It’s about Chuan Poon, who is very eagle to have a male child. When his wife is pregnant again, Chuan Poon believes he is blessed with 6girls due to his sins. Then he meets another girl and fall in love with her. He promises the girl if his wife gives birth to a female child again, he will marry her. It has an unexpected ending. The story ends suddenly, so i must think myself what happen then. It has some similar point with Lamb to the Slaughter. In these two stories, the husbands do not appreciate the love and care of their wife. All bad husbands.

How about the story "Love"? I don't enjoy this story. Its twist keeps repeating. This makes the readers feel boring after reading for a while. Its about how Pearl choose her rightful husband and she dumps the man one by one...... She believes she has found a good husband Frankie but she dumps him because of his sick father. She is scared that the illness may be territory and she does not want to live with a sick husband. I really hate this kind of fake love. (The story Male child and Love can be found in the book Little Ironies which written by Catherine Lim)