Be Always Aware Who You Trust

In Roald Dahl's short story, "Lamb To the Slaughter" Mary, a nice women that is about to be mother lives with his husband Patrick that she loves really much. Patrick works as a Police man, and one day that he returns home from his work really late he tells Mary a disastrous news. Mary got surprised about the news because Patrick told her that he is going to leave her for another women. Mary at first seems to take it really well and offers Patrick some supper and she walks into the kitchen and gets a frozen lamb leg. Then.... she hits Patrick on the back of his head with the lamb frozen leg and she kills him. Mary committed a murder and what she does next is that she calls the police and acts like she is innocent. Besides Mary gets rid of the evidence by making the police eat the lamb leg.

I liked this story really much and I think that Roald Dahl uses a firm characterization that helps enhance the story and makes the reader have more grasp about the characters in the story, for example:

"Well," she said. "Here you all are, and good friends of dear Patrick's too, and helping to catch the man who killed him. You must be terrible hungry by now because it's long past your suppertime, and I know Patrick would never forgive me, God bless his soul, if I allowed you to remain in his house without offering you decent hospitality. Why don't you eat up that lamb that's in the oven. It'll be cooked just right by now." (8)

Mary is not what she prentends

This quote reveals the reader that Mary is really intelligent, because so she won't get caught by the police she gets rid of the evidence by making them eat. She aims to be nice and sweet to the police when inside she isn't she is crazy and a bad person.  The author uses great imagery to help us, the readers imagine what is going on the story, for example:

"The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket." (1)

Roald Dahl is using the sense of sight in this example which let the reader imagine the room in Mary's house. The author uses words like "warm" and "clean" which help the reader visualize what is going on.

This is a great short story to enjoy reading and all the characterization and imagery that Roald Dahl uses in the story make ir better. The story has a significance message that is applicable in our daily life. What we learn from "Lamb To the Slaughter" is that you always need to be aware of who you trust because even the closest people can surprise you. This message we learn from Mary because she killed her own husband that she loved. "Lamb To the Slaughter" is a great short story, that I enjoyed reading.

Truth is Revealed

The end is getting close and Jonas is discovering the truth that all this time was hidden from him...

The Giver Word Search 

Find the following WORDS:

DEATH: Is the truth about the release
MEMORIES: Memories will get back to people once Jonas leaves the community
RELEASE: Release isn't when they go to elsewhere the truth is that they die instead
TWINS: Twins are born and the one that weights less has to be released ESCAPE: Jonas is planning to escape from the community and god to elsewhere PAIN: Jonas feels pain again when he discovers the truth of release ROSEMARY: Was the Giver daughter and the reciver that fail 10 years ago WARFARE: Jonas friends play a game as warfare and Jonas feels upset INJECTION: Is how Jonas father kills a twin PILLS: Jonas has stopped drinking pills TRUTH: Jonas is realising the truth of his life WISDOM: Memories are making Jonas gain wisdom

 Still in the special voice, his father was saying, "I know, I know. It hurts, little guy. But I hace to use a vein, and the veins in your arms are too teeny-weeny." 

He pushed the plunger very slowly, injecting the liquid into the scalp vain until the syringe was empty. "All done. That wasn't so bad, was it?" Jonas heard. (Lowry 149)

This quote was the one that caught my full attention while I was reading. And when I read this quote it make me feel really upset about what Jonas father just did with the twin. I know that Jonas father dosen't know that what he is doing is bad he thinks that it is right for the community. Even tough he doesn't knows is bad it still make me feel sad and as the author describes Jonas actions after he sees his father doing the release he is really upset and frustrated too. So in this quote we are able to see the importance of memory because Jonas has memories so he knows better about what is right or wrong, and Jonas father don't have memories so he only knows what he has been taught he's hole life he dosen't knows more. In conclusion this scene in the book was the saddest during all the story and made me feel bad for Jonas because he discover the truth of release which means death.

After all this last chapters where the most revealing and they made me realized the importance of memories. I was able to realize that because memories are helping Jonas to see  the truth is about his life and more. I think that Jonas decision about escaping was smart but I predict that he is going to have some trouble by doing it. The Giver has been a great book full of adventure and many more emissions mixed up. There is just 3 chapters left I hope they are great and they won't change my great perspective about the book. 

Without Pain, Pleasure cannot exist

The Giver keeps getting better and better each second I read more and below there is a poem about the last chapters I have read...

"Jonas don't whine about the pain,                       

cause love is on its way

and with the memories that you will get,

more pleasure you will obtain

such as christmas and grandparents faith,

and real love you will feel and learn

Don't worry about warfare,

it will give you more wisdom

as the choice you did with Gabe,                                

by sharing him your memories                                     

it was a smart decision,

                                                                                              

All the memories you've earned,

have not been as easy as they seemed 

but you have been able to control them well

and overcome them without fear, 

but do not rely easily 

because love will be more trickier" 

                                          

"Who were the old people? Why were they there?" It had puzzled Jonas, seeing them in the room. The old of the community did not ever leave their special place, the House of the Old, where they were so well cared for and respected.

"They were called Grandparents." 

"Grand parents?".  (Lowry 123)

While I was reading I found this quote that make me think more deeply into Jonas community families. What I thought is that The government is making families in the community be small and have more family unit missing. In Jonas community you never get to meet your grandparents and the old people are left in the House of Old with any family left. So this make me think that it must be very unfair for people in Jonas community specially to the old people that they can't share with the rest of their family. So in conclusion I think that the government has created something bad in the community and they don't realise what is the effects of it.

The memories that Jonas is gaining are giving him  wisdom as the Giver says that memories make you wiser. Memories are changing Jonas in many different ways I think he is getting to know the truth about the place he lives in. Jonas is giving baby Gabe memories so he sleeps so I predict something based on that. My prediction is that I think that the giver will find out that Jonas is giving his memories to Gabe. I also predict that maybe Jonas will give a memory to someone else that is close to him maybe someone from his family or maybe a friend. So as final thought I think Jonas will give more of his memories away.