Lamb To The Slaughter Vs The Interlopers

to start a story, certain literary elements, tone, and details must be included. Even if the author has these elements, the story may not be the best it can be. Lamb to the Slaughter starts with a housewife, Mary, waiting for her husband, Patrick, to return from work. When Patrick gets home, he makes her angry, and she kills him. Mary feeds the police the murder weapon so she is not caught. In The Interlopers, two feuding men are caught by a falling tree and are unable to escape. They eventually reunite, but are most likely eaten by wolves before they can escape. In a comparison, Lamb to the Slaughter utilizes these literary elements better than The Interlopers.
In a tale of murder and innocence, Roald Dahl writes about betrayal and identity,

As well as the terms mentioned earlier, Dahl uses sentence structure and images to compose a better story. An example of sentence structure in in paragraph 5- "She took his coat and hung it in the closet. Then she walked over and made the drinks, a strongish one for him, a weak one for herself; and soon she is back again in her chair with the sewing, and he in the other, opposite, holding the tall glass with both hands, rocking it so the ice cubes tinkled against the side." The mix of long and short sentences keep the reader interested, and adds emotion and detail to the story. The shorter sentences made the situation sound more urgent, while long sentences are more relaxed and easygoing. There are also several images described in the story, such as Mary killing Patrick- "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. She might just as well have hit him with a steel club. She stepped back a pace, waiting, and the funny thing is that he remained standing there for at least four or five seconds, gently swaying.", and the interaction between Mary and Sam, the store owner- ""Patrick's decided he's tired and doesn't want to eat out tonight," she told him. "We usually go out Thursdays, you know, and now he's caught me without any vegetables in the house." "Then how about meat, Mrs. Maloney?" "No, I've got meat, thanks. I got a nice leg of lamb from the freezer." The level of detail established by Dahl helps the reader to understand the story more. The second story, The Interlopers, is far less thorough in communicating the literary elements used to make a story interesting. For example, the irony did not aid the story in the manner that Lamb to the Slaughter did. Munro did use situational irony when both men wanted to announce the reconciliation but instead are most likely killed by the wolves. The readers