Lamb to the slaughter Journal Entry by Daniel JUNG

2024-05-14 02:06:52 UTC

Main protagonist
Wife of Patrick Maloney
Six months pregnant
Dynamic character because she changes throughout the story from a caring and loving wife to a murderer and a crazy person.
She is a symbol of the housewives in the 1950s, foreshadowing their single-minded homemaking and its influence on their personhood.
- Lines 53 to 55 --> she is a very caring person
- Line 160 --> She killed her husband and didn't care.
- Lines 161 to 169 --> She doesn't care about what happens to her and she is ready to pay justice. But she cares about what happens to the child.
- Lines 170 and 171 --> She is a ruthless person.
- Lines 238/ Lines 270 to 284 --> She is clever as she creates an act that makes the detectives believe that she did not do anything to do with the murder/ she makes up a story.

2024-05-14 02:29:08 UTC

Murder victim
Antagonist
Policeman
Mary Maloney’s husband
Patrick's true thoughts, feelings, and motivations are unknown

2024-05-14 02:56:49 UTC

Patrick Maloney's wife

Pregnant

Caring person

Lovely

Behavior:

Feel betrayed when Patrick wanted to split up
Sad, overwhelm
Feel like all her effort is meaningless
The urge to revenge on her husband
Satisfy with the death of her husband
Still feel a bit sad when she saw her husband died

2024-05-14 03:13:40 UTC

Cold person

Mary Maloney's husband

Policeman

Marriage problems

Silent

Behavior:

Emotionless to his wife
Don't care about his wife
Alcoholic
Orders the divorce file

henryli7 — 2024-05-14 04:14:15 UTC

Dear Diary,

I think I just did something that I will never forget. I just killed the love of my life. He told me everything tonight, though I already sensed that a few days ago. I cannot accept this, he is my everything, I did everything I can do for him. I pretended I didn’t know anything, just trying to keep our delicate relationship. But he broke everything, he confessed first and abandoned me heartlessly. He belongs to me, he cannot do that. If he is that heartless, then I have to do that.

Luckily, I acted so well that no one was doubting me, all the covers I made helped me avoid the sanctions. The only evidence of my crime has already been eaten by the policemen. What a joke.

Anyway, I have to move on. I feel sorry for Patrick but I do not regret it.

Mary

henryli7 — 2024-05-14 04:14:32 UTC

Dear Diary,

Recently I got too tired of hiding my secrets, and I did something terrible. I cheated on my wife. My wife always loves me, I know that but the love from her was so exhausting. She manipulates everything in my life, and I cannot stand it anymore…On the other day, I found someone who is caring and obedient to me. So I tried to escape from my wife to that girl until today. I cannot keep this as a secret. I love my wife, but I think love has become a burden to me. I have to confess everything tonight, and I will give her everything she needs just hoping she will forgive me.

Patrick

archiehung — 2024-05-14 04:20:16 UTC

Something has been on my mind and it had been bothering me for a long time now, I can't believe I am doing this to a woman that loves me so much, and I am betraying her like our marriage meant absolutely nothing. I should probably tell her tomorrow and get it off my chest so I could feel a little better. Everyday when I come home from work, shed do the same routine for me and Ive had enough of this, that was why I had found another woman that could give me the freshness I wanted, I am really sorry for doing this to her, I hope she would understand what I am feeling…

Patrick Maloney

archiehung — 2024-05-14 04:23:37 UTC

I cannot believe what I have just done to my husband, the police just left and I have lied to them about this. He was the only person I loved and i was willing to do anything for him until he confessed his affairs to me, I was devastated, how could he do such a thing to me, I love him with all my heart and this is what I get, and this time I have been loyal and loving, doing whatever he wants me to do and yet I get this treatment from him, I have had enough of this man and he deserves what has happened to him

Mary Meloney

annanguyen33 — 2024-05-14 05:15:43 UTC

It was a long night for us, my child, the people and me. I wish you a happy ever life under there, my darling! You were and will always be my lovely and caring husband. No one can’t plunder you from me. You only belong to me, no matter if you were alive or dead. You have to stay with me forever. You left me no choice but to kill you to keep you beside me.

I’m a murderer but no one knows it. No one’s going to know this. I’ll not go to prison. I’ll stay in this house till the end of my life. I’ll cook you the best supper ever every time you get home. It’ll be the only person you see every day and sleep with every night. Forgive me. That was the only way that we could stay together forever. Then, we will see our baby. I’ll take care of him. I’ll not let him run out of me like what you did. He is my son. He’ll understand. He must listen to me. He’ll not fight against his mother. Even if it’s his longing, I’ll never let it happen. You and our unborn child are both mine. Has always been like that.

Mary

annanguyen33 — 2024-05-14 05:42:35 UTC

I’m going to tell her about the divorce tomorrow when I’m back home. These faking sceneries must have ended months ago. If it wasn’t for the baby, I would have ended up this peculiar marriage earlier. I know it isn’t a good time to tell her about this. But I can’t stand this anymore. The further I’ve stayed with this woman, the more disgusted and hated I felt. She isn’t normal. I felt unsafe whenever I was with her.

When she was little, during her childhood, she was treated terribly and poorly. I thought I could bring her a new life, a husband who protects and takes care of her. I had thought that I already brought her out of those traumatic events in the past. A few months ago, I realized the face that I see every day is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I was horrified when I accidentally heard her on the phone with one of her friends. For a moment, I couldn’t believe what I just heard. However, I still loved Mary so badly that I couldn’t leave her. Plus, the sudden existence of the child made me feel indecisive and eventually gave up the thought of separating. But, whatever is destined to happen will happen and the leopard can’t change its spots, I found out that Mary hasn’t changed recently but become worse in her virtue and behaviour towards others. I know there’ll be 3 more months till the born of our son, divorce is also a tough decision for me. Mind you, it is par for the course. I’m sorry, Mary.

Patrick