Who Is The Protagonist In Lamb To The Slaughter

Rory Miller once said, “The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence”. What he means by this is that everyone has a sense of violence in them, but some people choose not to express it, but under circumstances it’s a man eat man world. The prisoners in the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, were nice regular people before they were put in camps and at the beginning, but as time passed by they were being deprived of food and every human need, they started to change. They became more aggressive and violent. In certain situation people change, they will start worrying about themselves and only themselves.

“The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world” (Arendt pg 80). Violence is contagious, like a disease, which will destroy nations and our morals as human beings. Each individual has his or her own definition of violence and when it is acceptable or ethical to use it. Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt are among the many that wrote about the different facets of violence, in what cases it is ethical, the role we as individuals play in this violent society and the political aspects behind our violence.

Being or doing something violent is often one’s way of getting out of a situation or turning to as a last resort. In action movies, there is usually a main character trying to achieve their goal and they revert to violence to advance to it . Violence can be used to achieve what they need or to fulfill their emotions. The characters in All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erica Remarque, The Odyssey, by Homer, and Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, exemplify using violence as a last resort. In All Quiet in the Western Front, Paul Baumer is put in the detrimental position of becoming a soldier. He uses violence to try to achieve a piece of mind. Additionally in The Odyssey, Odysseus faces a cannibal monster, who makes Odysseus fear for his life

From prehistory to 21st century, violence and warfare permeate human existence. Tribes, cities, and nations have pitted their youth against one another in hopes improving their position. However, these Soldiers regularly fall short of maximizing their killing potential. In the book On Killing, Dave Grossman scrupulously examines war throughout recent history; specifically the human element in killing. His thorough assessment of the psychological factors associated with homicide is vitally important to individuals who wish to successfully lead their Soldiers during and after combat. Its ultimate value clearly visible in light of four major facets: the background of the writer, the general points of the book, analysis of essential concepts, and the insight provided.

Two types of violence—Character violence and Narrative violence—Character violence is injury the author causes the character to have but narrative violence is used to enhance the plot

Violence plays a big role in this book and the author used violence in the book to tell the readers that violence is not the answer to anything.

Did Ray Kroc use violence to make McDonald’s the most powerful fast food empire in the world? Of course not, most would refuse to murder for a burger. So, why am I asking my dearest reader if someone has the capacity to kill for trivial things? Well, I pose this question to you: Is power able to be maintained only with violence? In my opinion, no. It’s definitely not required to create a human slaughterhouse just to can become a successful class president. That’s just not realistic. That’s like saying you need to eat your pet to own it. So with all this fantasy conceptualization, how am I supposed to envelope just how much this question is abused through Our Twisted Hero?

Violence is not the answer for resolving your problems. Violence can be saved in abounding ways, but they can also end in tragic manners. Violence can cause wounds, injuries, and as well deaths. Consequently, many suffer in pain as you carry the burden of having killed someone.

In the novel “Black Boy”, Richard Wright describes a boy who is tired of getting robbed and attacked by a pack of boys on his way to the grocery store. It says, “I hit again and again, dropping the money and the grocery list. The boys scattered yelling, nursing their heads staring at me in utter disbelief.” (Wright 4). Richard hits the gang of boys with a stick to make them leave. This shows that some violence is needed to solve a problem because if Richard tried to talk to the boys, he would get his money taken, so by hitting them, he got rid of his problem, because they will now leave him alone. Furthermore, people will need violence to defend themselves and others from getting hurt. Khaled Hosseini writes in the Kite Runner, “He really meant to hurt me. Assef raised his fist and came for me. There was a flurry of rapid movement behind me. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Hassan bend down and stand up quickly (…) I turned and came face to face with Hassan’s slingshot. Hassan had pulled the wide elastic band all the way back. (..) Hassan held the slingshot pointed directly at Assef’s face.” (Hosseini 2). The main character Amir was about to get beat up, but his friend used a slingshot to make Assef, the bully leave. It shows that using violence to fight violence works, because the bully was going to hurt Amir with brass knuckles, but when Hassan

Violence throughout our time has been evident ever since the beginning of our human species. From verbal to physical, one will not go through his/her lifetime without understanding the violent nature of other people. Richard Wilkinson brought up a point that “More unequal societies tend to be more violent” (Wilkinson 2). Wilkinson shows that there is a prominent correlation between income and homicide. Lower incomes shows higher rates of homicide. In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens shows how violence can flourish due to the inequality seen in the lower classes. Dickens uses violence to portray that a society filled with inequalities can lead to violence.

Violence can be described as a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Violence has been around from the beginning and can be seen through history in writing and events that occurred. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, violence’s jarring effects on societal members are evidenced through various relationships and partnerships, portraying society’s corrupt ideologies and ethics.

In the book, violence has become a very common occurrence in this world. People no longer shy away from the gruesome acts of murder, but as a matter of fact, they enjoy it. In addition to that, a large amount of citizens are generally hostile and rude towards one another. This is seen through the eyes of the main protagonist, Ben Richards, “Women stared up at him with frightened, half-sexual expressions. Men grinned up at him with blood-hate in their eyes”(49).

The narrator of this story Denise Shipley says “violence comes in many different forms- guns, fists, and words of hate and contempt”. Explain what you think she might mean by this?

In 2016, “there were an estimated 17,250 murders in the U.S…”(www.fbi.gov) This alarmingly large number is a product of violence. Throughout history, violence was used to dispute arguments over land and religions. Our careless use of violence through history is damaging to all people. The use of violence is demonstrated in the book, The Outsiders.

The motif of the lamb leg within “Lamb to the Slaughter”, by Roald Dahl, contributes to the development of the story by embolizing Mrs. Maloney’s facade of innocence, which in turn strengthen the moral dilemma of either turning herself in as a criminal risking her child’s life or to continue living as a metaphoric lamb leg with the benefit of allowing her to raise her child without fear.