A Comparison Of Lamb To The Slaughter And Desiree's Baby

The many different styles of writing can be highly represented by the authors Kate Chopin, an African American writer during the late 19th century and Roald Dahl a British writer during the late 20th century. Furthermore, this can be represented in their stories Desiree’s Baby by Chopin and Lamb to the Slaughter by Dahl. Desiree’s Baby takes place during 1800s narrating a fictional story about a couple having partial knowledge of each others past falling in love and decide to have a child. However, when the couple later discovers their child was a quadroon, Armand finds his love for Desiree to be broken. Consequently, Desiree decides to kill herself and her baby. Resolving with Armand discovering his mother was African American. Moreover,

Both of the stories share numerous characteristics in styles and plots; however, each author has a different approach developing the characters and resolving the conflicts which highlights the uniqueness in their perspectives.
After examining both stories Desiree’s Baby and Lamb to the Slaughter, it is evident irony was used in both stories ensuring the development of both stories that would create them meaningful. In Desiree’s Baby, Chopin demonstrates irony at the beginning when Armand remarks he loved Desiree regardless of her past. However, after Armand sees the child the narrator explains “Moreover he no longer loved her, because of the unconscious injury she had brought his home and his name.” making it clear that he's true love was actually not true, highlighting the irony in his love towards her. As he assured to everyone he loved her, at the end he was the one who destroyed their love since he never loved her for who she was, but because of the race he thought she was. Furthermore, this again highlights the over all irony if the story. After Armand had discovered his son was of a different race he condemned his “true love” and his son. Amd believed the following “ He thought Almighty God had dealt cruelly and unjustly with him… Moreover

Thus, the irony behind him treating cruelty the people who belonged to this race, returned to him when he found out he was indeed part of the race as well. Therefore, the irony throughout this story elaborating the meaning the author wanted to provide. Likeways, irony was repeatedly shown in Lamb to the Slaughter. Namely, after the detectives arrived to the crime scene they became aware the object used to assassinate Mary’s husband had to remain at the house they even mentioned “That’s why the weapon should be easy to find” and “It’s probably right under our noses…” referring to the weapon which they were eating, and eliminating. The