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On The Sidewalk Bleeding Summary

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“Lamb to the Slaughter”, “Borders” and “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” showcases characters changing from the decisions they have made and how these decisions affect the society around them. The choices they make, shift their community in a whole different direction and adjust the way they live, to a whole new level. Dahl’s story reveals how a wife what 's the life of her husband short and how she gets away with it without punishment. King’s story demonstrates how far someone will go, for what they believe in, while Hunter’s story unfolds the price someone can pay when part of gang life. Mary Maloney, the Blackfoot mother and Andy are all people who make decisions that will not only change the course of their lives but also the lives of people around …show more content…

Mary Maloney makes the decision of her life when being confronted by her husband and by doing this, she sends a ripple through the entire community. One day, Mary is home with her husband, after his long day of work as a detective. She is so happy to have him home with her, but he is not as happy. He tells Mary some unbearable news, that if Mary didn’t just become psychotic, would make her heartbroken. So as she is now blinded with imagination, Mary believes that if she goes on as if everything is normal, then everything will be average again. But as she is just about to make dinner with a leg of lamb tha she got from downstairs, Mary is blinded with rage from something her husband said and she then strikes him with the leg of lamb and murders him. The now “widow”, pops out from her psychotic bubble, becomes filled with anxiety about everything she has done and wonders “what were the laws about murders with unborn children”(Dahl, 177). By killing her husband, Mary shifts her path in

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Upon returning to the Maloney residence she acted as a distraught wife who had just found her dead husband. Mary Maloney then continued to cook dinner after the officers arrived, she told them it would calm her down, when in reality she was cooking the murder weapon. Mary Maloney does not stop there, she then begs the officers at the scene to eat the leg of lamb, telling them it would be doing her a favor. “ ‘Please,” she begged.

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In the book “Lamb to the Slaughter” Roald Dahl uses deliberate imagery to show Mary changing from a caring, attentive housewife to a psychotic, cruel murderer. Dahl provides hidden and suspenseful images of Mary Maloney to characterize her as a cruel and psychotic murderer. After buying groceries and killing her husband, Mary attempts to recreate the scene by making herself seem innocent, “‘Patrick!’ She called. ‘How are you darling?’”

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Mary genuinely loved and cared for Patrick and would never intently plan to kill him with hatred. When she returned from the store and saw her adored husband dead on the ground, despite how Patrick mistreated her, “no acting was necessary” when

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From the beginning to the end of the story, she drastically changed from a woman whose livelihood relied solely on her spouse, to a woman cared only to protect herself from the social exemption following a taboo divorce. Throughout the first page of this story, something was off in the Maloney household. However, the subtle differences necessarily apparent to Mary, which became clear when it was stated that “she glanced at the clock without anxiety”, which means that she was worry free; she thought the evening would be part of a routine they had

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The setting in “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” is excellently written for the story and plays an important role in the plot. On the Sidewalk Bleeding takes place at eleven o’clock on a rainy night. The events of the story take place in a dark alley in an area involved with gangs. The setting is set up very well for something bad or dangerous to happen. The darkness and late hour contributed to no one seeing the act of violence.

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Killing your husband is no big deal, right? Not for Mary Maloney. A casual day is not typically when your house is turned into a murder scene. Sometimes you can’t blame people for their impulse actions; for example, Mary Maloney. Should Mary Maloney face punishment for her wrong doing?

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Mary Maloney: Sane or Insane? The author of “Lamb to the Slaughter”, Roald Dahl, introduces his readers to a story full of anticipation and surprises. In light of these elements, Dahl also familiarizes the audience with Mary Maloney, the main character and who many people would say is definitely insane. To begin with, Mary kills her husband, possibly out of shock and anger because of something he has said to her, and she murders him without a second thought.

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