Quote Journal for Theme Analysis Essay

Short Story: LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

Thematic Idea: BETRAYAL

Within Roald Dahls tonal adjective describing REALISTIC FICTION short story LTTS discussing
MURDER, he shifts from MELLOW what ASS #1 deals with
to ANGER what ASS 2 deals with in order to prove how the theme of BETRAYAL displays
FRUSTRATION the application to humanity to reveal that sexy quote ( citation ). (homework)
REVISE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT

ASS 1 SENTENCE FORMULA:

ASS 2 SENTENCE FORMULA (w/adv. clause trans. @ beginning):

ASS 1 SENTENCE FOR PARAGRAPH 1:

ASS 2 SENTENCE FOR PARAGRAPH 2:

Thematic Idea: BETRAYAL

Assertion Sentence
Formula:
(Assertion Idea + Focus
of essay your themed
statement rephrased)

ASS1 Topic: HER HUSBAND LEAVING HER AND MARY KILLING HIM

Assertion Formula Plug-in: MARYS THOUGHT OF HER HUSBAND BETRAYING HER

Ass idea focus Marys thought of her husband betraying her + Marys plan to get away with murder

ASS 1 Sentence:Mary Maloney knew she had to cover up her husbands murder.
EV1 & Comm
1

Whats going on in this scene

before and after the quote
MARY WAS FROZEN
AND UPSET AT THE
SAME TIME

WHAT IS GOING ON
BEFORE HE TELLS HER
HE IS LEAVING?

Textual Evidence

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

MARY TRIES TO MAKE

BUT IS PUT TO A
STANDSTILL.

Citation

(your quotation)

could on the back of his head.

HER HUSBAND DINNER,

Mary Maloney... [swings]

[the]...frozen leg of lamb
MODIFY YOUR Q - LOOK AT THE

p (6)

Literary
Elemen
t

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it

proves the assertion and themed statement MULT.
SENTENCES)

MOO
DMAR
Y
FEEL
S
HOS
TILE
AND
BETR
AYED
.

MARYS MOOD WAS hostile. MARY FELT

AS IF SHE HAD BEEN BETRAYED. SHE
HAD NO INTENTIONS ON KILLING HER
HUSBAND. MARY BLACKED OUT AND HIT
HER HUSBAND WITH THE LEG OF LAMB.
AND SHE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO
CREATE AN ALIBI.

DISCUSS YOUR LE AND HOW THE Q IS AN

EXAMPLE OF IT AND HOW IT DEMONSTRATES

PRACTICE Q DOCUMENT WE

THE ASS AND THEME - ADD MORE

WORKED ON LAST CLASS @

THE TOP OF THAT PAGE FOR
ASSISTANCE

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).

As Mary tries to make her husband dinner, alongside the terrible news he just gave her, she loses
control and [swings] [the] frozen leg of lamb against his head. Mary felt as if she had been
betrayed. Mary was smart enough to create an alibi, even though she had no intentions on doing
what she did. Her emotions pilled up and her anger got the best of her.

redo your incorp

discuss the LE and the theme

EV 2 & Comm
1

3
Textual Evidence

Whats going on in this scene before

and after the quote

(your quotation)

MARY MURDERS HER

HUSBAND.

SHE HITS HIM IN THE

BACK OF THE HEAD WITH
A LEG OF LAMB.

WHAT IS GOING ON
BEFORE SHE MURDERS
HER HUSBAND?

MODIFY YOUR Q - LOOK AT THE

PRACTICE Q DOCUMENT WE
WORKED ON LAST CLASS @

Citation

Literary
Element

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it

proves the assertion and themed statement MULT.
SENTENCES)

(7)

INDI
RECT
CHA
RAC
TERI
ZATI
ON

THE STORY IS ABOUT HOW SHE

MURDERED HER HUSBAND WITH A LEG
OF LAMB. THE READER HAS TO MAKE AN
INFERENCE ON MARY IN THIS QUOTE
BECAUSE IT DOESNT DIRECTLY TELL
HOW SHE IS.

DISCUSS YOUR LE AND HOW THE Q IS AN

Mary is about to make her

THE TOP OF THAT PAGE FOR

EXAMPLE OF IT AND HOW IT DEMONSTRATES

husbands dinner and

ASSISTANCE

THE ASS AND THEME - ADD MORE

comfort him, from his long

day of work.

She hit[s] him...with a [frozen]

leg of lamb.

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).

When Mary tries to make her husbands dinner and comfort him, she becomes conflicted, and hit[s] him with a [frozen]
leg of lamb. The story is about how she murdered her husband with a leg of lamb. At first she doesnt realize what shes
done, until she stares at his body for a while. Mary was unaware of her surroundings for a little while, then maintained her
control.

redo incorp

Thematic Idea:
Assertion 2 Sentence
Formula:

Assertion 2 idea:
Assertion Formula Plug-in: put your formula here (use + and plug in your information)

(Adv. Trans. phrase +

Assertion Idea + Focus of
essay your themed
statement rephrased)

ASS 2 Sentence: MARY WAS UNABLE TO HANDLE THIS NEWS

EV1 & Comm
1

3
Textual Evidence

Whats going on in this scene before

and after the quote

(your quotation)

SHE THEN GRABS THE

LEG OF LAMB AND
KILLS HER HUSBAND

The violence of the crash, the noise,

the small table overturning, helped
bring her out of the shock. She
came out slowly,ONOMONOPIA feeling
cold and surprised, and she stood
for a while blinking at the body, still
holding the ridiculous piece of meat
tight with both hands.
she stood[for] a while...blinking at
the body.

Citation

Literary
Element

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it

proves the assertion and themed statement MULT.
SENTENCES)

(24)

DIRE
CT
CHAR
ACTE
RIZAT
ION

MARY THOUGHT THAT IF SHE WOULD JUST

PRETEND SHE HADNT HEARD HIM, SHE
WOULD WAKE UP AND EVERYTHING WOULD
BE THE SAME. SHE REALIZED IT WAS NOT A
DREAM AND THAT IT WAS TRUE. MARY SAW
HER ONLY WAY OUT OF SADNESS- WAS TO
MURDER HER HUSBAND. SHE GRABBED THE
LEG OF LAMB AND HIT HIM WITH IT IN THE
BACK OF HIS HEAD.

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).

Mary grabbed the leg of lamb and banged it against the head of her husband. Mary [stood]...above the body...blinking
[for] a while, trying not to believe he was dead. Mary thought that if she would just pretend she hadnt heard him, she
would wake up and everything would be the same. She realized it was not a dream and that was true. Mary saw her only
way out of sadness was to murder her husband. She grabbed the leg of lamb and hit him with it in the back of his head.
Mary knew she had killed him.

EV2 & Comm

1

3
Textual Evidence

Whats going on in this scene before

and after the quote

(your quotation)

4
Citation

5
Literary
Element

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it

proves the assertion and themed statement MULT.
SENTENCES)

Mary leaves to go to
the store. She
created an alibi that
was out getting
supper.

'I want some potatoes please, Sam.

Yes, and I think a can of peas.' That
was better. Both the smile and the
voice were coming out better now.
She rehearsed it several times
more. Then she ran downstairs, took
her coat, went out the back door,
down the garden, into the street. It
wasn't six o'clock yet and the lights
were still on in the grocery shop.

[She] [rehearses] it several times

more[and] [goes] in the grocery
shop.

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Indire
ct
Char
acteri
zatio
n

When Mary went to the store, she

created an alibi with a guy named Sam.
After she got her vegetables, she left
the grocery store, and headed home.
When she got home, the police were
there. They asked her where she was
and did she have an alibi.

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).

[She]...[rehearses]...it several times more [and]...[goes]...in the grocery shop to create an alibi . This is indirect
characterization because the author only shows Mary Maloneys anger. Mary goes into the market and asks the clerk Sam
for some potatoes and peas. Sam does not know the leg of lamb Mary has is the murder weapon. When she received her
vegetables, she left the grocery store, and headed home. She then called the police to make it seem like she had just
found out her husband was dead. They asked her where she was and what she did. Her story checked out and the police
didnt know she was the one who committed the murder. The police didnt know that they were eating the murder weapon.
And Mary Maloney was sure of herself that the police didnt know she did the murder.