Lamb To The Slaughter By Roald Dahl Language Analysis

Roald Dahl used several interesting craft moves in his story “Lamb To The Slaughter.” One craft move was descriptive sentences. Another was long and short sentences. Finally, Roald Dahl utilized tone to develop his theme that you shouldn’t act on strong feelings or something could go wrong fast. Roald Dahl made good use of descriptive sentences. One example of this is when he stated “...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.” The detail in this sentence helps illustrate that just because you have strong feelings like the lady in the story doesn’t mean you should act on them or something could go wrong quickly like her accidentally murdering her husband. Another good example of this craft move was when he wrote, “The violence of the crash, the noise, the small table overturning, helping to bring her out of the shock.” This was particularly powerful because it showed the reader how stunned she was but it was then too late for her to turn back because she had already acted on her feelings and things were
One example of this is when he stated “...Watching him with puzzled horror.” This helps create her confusion and it shows that she is letting her feelings slowly get the best of her. Another good example of this craft move was when he wrote “I’ll fix some supper, she whispered”. This was particularly powerful because it showed the reader how she was indecisive about how to feel and she was letting her feelings take hold of her. Lastly, the theme of you shouldn't let your feelings get the better of you or things could go bad quickly was sent to the reader when he wrote “When she walked across the room, she couldn't feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn't feel anything except a slight sickness.” Clearly, Roald Dahl was effective in using the craft move of tone to teach us that feelings can be overwhelming but we can not let them get the better of