Today I am going to interview one of my family member about the story, Lamb To The Slaughter. I would like to type out the interview transcript here on my blog. His opinion about the crime was that he was surprised that Mary Maloney would resort to kill her husband instead of sorting things out with him and get to know each others problems. He thinks that the punishment should be that she is given a death sentence if she was found to be guilty because although she is pregnant, she still killed her husband and if she was found to be guilty a few years later, her child might be given to her relative to take care. The necessity to communicate in a relationship is very important in order to have a good marriage. A husband and wife must share their problems or what they are unsatisfied about with their partners. Most importantly, one must accept their partners as who they are and are willing to help him or her change for the better. If a couple keeps their problems to themselves and do not share their feelings, each partner may not know what their partners need from them and hence the relationship is not very close. One must open up and share their feelings and not keep it to themselves if they want a good marriage.
This is the end of the transcript. I think what he said was very meaningful to all couples. I hope everyone will also post their thoughts in the comment box below and share our comments, thank you.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Similarities and Differences of LTTS and Way up to heaven(10 Short stories)
Today I am not talking about pollution. I am going to tell you about the similarities and differences of Lamb to the slaughter and Way up to heaven from Roald Dahl 10 Short stories.
The similarities of the two stories is that both have the same theme which is lying and deception. Both is about the wife killing their husband whether directly or indirectly. I will start with a brief summary of Lamb to the slaughter.
Mary Maloney is the wife of Patrick Maloney. Patrick Maloney is caring and takes his wife out every Thursday. He is probably treating Mary well as Mary loves him very much. His wife , Mary is totally in love with her husband and he awaits him every evening for him to come home from work.
She prepares whisky for her husband to drink when he came home. When he returned, Mary enjoyed his company and the presence of him feel almost like a sunbather feels the Sun. When Patrick told Mary that he wanted to leave her, she could not believe it and she was spurned by her husband's decision to use a leg of lamb to kill him.
She used the same amount of care and planing to carry out the murder as she used to take care of the house. She did not even feel regretful or guilty at all. She was emotionless after that.
The brief summary of Way up to heaven is about two people, Mr and Mrs Foster. The live in a old gloomy house in New York and had few visitors. Mrs Foster is a person who dreads being late and gets nervous at the thought of being late.Mr Foster likes to irritate Mrs Foster by trying to delay her from going to somewhere as much as possible and and by keeping her waiting, he seems to enjoy it.
One January morning, Mrs Foster was going to France to visit her daughter and grand children. Mr Foster took his time to come out of the house and tried all sorts of methods to delay Mrs Foster. When they were in the car, Mr Foster suddenly said that he could not find a present for his daughter and went into the house again to find it. Mrs Foster then notices the present was tucked down the side of the car seat.
She then decided to go into the house to inform Mr Foster but when she went in, she heard the noise of the lift not working and was now stuck in the middle of the floors. Upon hearing that , she stops and closed the door. She managed to catch the plane and went to France.
Six months later, she returned to her house and smelled a strange smell. She walked swiftly around the house appearing to be investigating something and the confirmed it. Obviously her husband had died in the lift as he was being trapped in the lift six months ago and the strange smell came from his dead body.
The difference about the story is that Mary Maloney was only tortured by her husband for a few minutes before she killed him with a leg of lamb while Mrs Foster suffered her husband's torture for her whole life with her husband.
In my opinion, I think that Mrs Foster's case of murdering her husband was more cruel in a sense that her husband died a little by little while in Mary Maloney's case, she kill him in less than a few seconds. This means that Mr Foster was left trapped in the lift for at least a few days in the lift without food and water and eventually died.
The similarity on the theme, lying and deception means that Mr Foster lied about the fact that he did not bring the present for his daughter and in LTTS, the part on deception is that the character of Patrick Maloney, Mary Maloney and Mrs Foster changed from the beginning to the ending.
The similarities of the two stories is that both have the same theme which is lying and deception. Both is about the wife killing their husband whether directly or indirectly. I will start with a brief summary of Lamb to the slaughter.
Mary Maloney is the wife of Patrick Maloney. Patrick Maloney is caring and takes his wife out every Thursday. He is probably treating Mary well as Mary loves him very much. His wife , Mary is totally in love with her husband and he awaits him every evening for him to come home from work.
She prepares whisky for her husband to drink when he came home. When he returned, Mary enjoyed his company and the presence of him feel almost like a sunbather feels the Sun. When Patrick told Mary that he wanted to leave her, she could not believe it and she was spurned by her husband's decision to use a leg of lamb to kill him.
She used the same amount of care and planing to carry out the murder as she used to take care of the house. She did not even feel regretful or guilty at all. She was emotionless after that.
The brief summary of Way up to heaven is about two people, Mr and Mrs Foster. The live in a old gloomy house in New York and had few visitors. Mrs Foster is a person who dreads being late and gets nervous at the thought of being late.Mr Foster likes to irritate Mrs Foster by trying to delay her from going to somewhere as much as possible and and by keeping her waiting, he seems to enjoy it.
One January morning, Mrs Foster was going to France to visit her daughter and grand children. Mr Foster took his time to come out of the house and tried all sorts of methods to delay Mrs Foster. When they were in the car, Mr Foster suddenly said that he could not find a present for his daughter and went into the house again to find it. Mrs Foster then notices the present was tucked down the side of the car seat.
She then decided to go into the house to inform Mr Foster but when she went in, she heard the noise of the lift not working and was now stuck in the middle of the floors. Upon hearing that , she stops and closed the door. She managed to catch the plane and went to France.
Six months later, she returned to her house and smelled a strange smell. She walked swiftly around the house appearing to be investigating something and the confirmed it. Obviously her husband had died in the lift as he was being trapped in the lift six months ago and the strange smell came from his dead body.
The difference about the story is that Mary Maloney was only tortured by her husband for a few minutes before she killed him with a leg of lamb while Mrs Foster suffered her husband's torture for her whole life with her husband.
In my opinion, I think that Mrs Foster's case of murdering her husband was more cruel in a sense that her husband died a little by little while in Mary Maloney's case, she kill him in less than a few seconds. This means that Mr Foster was left trapped in the lift for at least a few days in the lift without food and water and eventually died.
The similarity on the theme, lying and deception means that Mr Foster lied about the fact that he did not bring the present for his daughter and in LTTS, the part on deception is that the character of Patrick Maloney, Mary Maloney and Mrs Foster changed from the beginning to the ending.
Monday, February 15, 2010
TDD Reflection
Me and my classmates went to the Singapore Discovery Centre to learn more about Total Defence Day. We learned that Total Defence has five aspects - Military Defence, Civil Defence, Economic Defence, Social Defence and Psychological Defence. The Total Defence Exhibition at the SDC feature galleries and exhibits put up by some of Singapore's agencies such as the Singapore Armed Forces, the Home Team, the National Security Coordination Council and Nexus. The exhibition displays equipments such as the SCDF Red Rhino allow us see and understand what it takes to keep Singapore safe.
There were also exciting games and telematches.
I think that it is important to keep Singapore safe and everyone has to do their part in Total Defence. I really had a fun time at SDC.
There were also exciting games and telematches.
I think that it is important to keep Singapore safe and everyone has to do their part in Total Defence. I really had a fun time at SDC.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Lamb to the slaughter ( Reflection )
Today I am not going to tell you about pollution. I am going to discuss about 3 stories: Lamb to the slaughter, male child and love.
Among the stories I like the story, Lamb to the slaughter the best. This is because the author Roald Dalh is very articulate in what he was writing. It also leaves me in suspense as I was reading it which keeps me reading it to the very end. I have read some books before that I did not want to read it after I had read a few pages, but for this story it is different. There is a twist in the main character from the beginning to the ending.
What do you think?
Among the stories I like the story, Lamb to the slaughter the best. This is because the author Roald Dalh is very articulate in what he was writing. It also leaves me in suspense as I was reading it which keeps me reading it to the very end. I have read some books before that I did not want to read it after I had read a few pages, but for this story it is different. There is a twist in the main character from the beginning to the ending.
What do you think?
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