Obstacles In Lamb To The Slaughter And Peak

Long Way Down, Lamb to the Slaughter and Peak all explore many different obstacles, including: personal, emotional, familial, and environmental. These obstacles are important to the texts because they force the characters to make difficult decisions and help form the story as well as the characters. Firstly, Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds is about a young boy named William and his struggles with the gang violence in his neighborhood. This violence resulted in his brother and many other people he loved or cared about to pass away. Secondly, Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl is about a woman killing her husband as a result of him trying to leave her while she was pregnant with his child. Finally, Peak by Roland Smith is about a fourteen

The obstacle in this story is familial, and it is shown through conflicts, character, and setting. Patrick’s character represents a familial obstacle when he tells Mary he is leaving her. The text states: “This is going to be a bit of a shock to you, I’m afraid,” he said. “But I’ve thought about it a good deal and I’ve decided the only thing to do is tell you right away. I hope you won’t blame me too much.”. Patrick is leaving her at six months pregnant and does not want her to blame him for his actions, he is more concerned about himself than his wife and unborn child. The familial obstacle is also manifested through conflict. The conflict is shown through how much they argue with each other and how Mary is so frustrated with her situation she resorts to murder. The text states: “For God’s sake,” he said, hearing her, but not turning round. “Don’t make supper for me. I’m going out.” At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head.”. This example proves that there are familial obstacles by allowing us to see the toxicity in the household. You need a sentence in here that explains how the quote links to your overall idea. The setting of a family home is supposed to be warm, loving,

In the story Peak and many other characters are facing environmental obstacles. This obstacle is shown through setting and plot. Firstly, environmental obstacles can be demonstrated through setting, for example, "The blizzard wasn't the worst of it," another climber said. "Not by a far sight." He was a cowboy from Abilene, Texas. "An avalanche hit us at about two in the morning. Sounded like the biggest dang stampede you ever heard. Wiped out seven tents. Didn't lose a soul, thank the Lord, but we had to double and triple up in the remaining tents like sardines. (P.100)”. This quote about the setting shows environmental obstacles by allowing us to see the struggles the characters on ABC camp have with the weather on Mount Everest. The characters encountered a horrible storm that caused a deadly avalanche that they had to persevere through and fight not only to get back to base camp but to survive. Secondly, environmental obstacles can also be demonstrated through the plot for instance, "Alive ... at least the last time we looked. But he has HAPE bad." JR pointed his headlamp at the transparent window on the top of the bag, but it was too fogged up to see inside. "You still with us, Francis?" Josh shouted. I thought I heard a muffled reply, but it was hard to tell