ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT!

Journal According to Jack Noonan on Lamb to The Slaughter...

I was resting in the police station, after a hard day at work. Then, out of the blue, a call popped out, saying that Patrick Maloney was dead. That made my heart skip a beat. Without an hesitation, I volunteered to be present to investigate. On the way, my heart pounded wildly as I told myself that he was not dead. Who would ever kill Patrick? He could not have done anything so bad that he was to be killed, as he was a cop! He was one of my closest friend, his wife was amicable too.

Just as I reached the scene, my worst fears were confirmed. Patrick was dead. I wiped a trickle of teardrop off my eyelids as I told myself that as a fellow cop, I will find the murderer. But before I knew it, Mary Maloney ran straight at me, flying into my arms. She was weeping. However, I had a feeling when she ran to hug me. That feeling told me that this was all a deception whenever I looked at her. Her weeping face seemed to be fake but from her expression, everyone could tell that she was crying. I shook my head, got rid of that thought and went through the usual process, comforting her and calming her down.

After her matter was settled, I started with the serious things. I thoroughly scanned the area, searching for any clues but to no avail. But when I checked Patrick's body, I found a small tink of blood on the back of his head and quickly gathered all the cops. We then fairly concluded that he was dealt with a hard strike ont he back of his head with a heavy blunt weapon. We then proceeded by "interrogating" Mary. She portrayed a pitiful expression but at the same time, I cant help feeling the same feeling which gushed back into my mind, the feeling that this was all a deception.

We followed her statements accordingly, especially the part when she said that she visited the grocer. One of my subordinates went to find the grocer and he confirmed that Mary visited him to buy food for Patrick around the estimated time of death. We were intrigued and as there was nothing we could get from Mary's statement, we then continued our search for clues. Half of our group left and four cops, including me, continued our tedious search. It was obviously getting late and our stomach;s were obviously growling. Mary offered us lamb and we could not reject the treat. We then gorged ourselves on the food, but whenever I put a pice of lamb into my mouth, I get this weird feeling, one which I cannot express, then I heard Mary giggling. What a mystery...

My feelings (I am a very sensitive guy)

Well, personally, I feel that the Multiple Intelligence Test was quite useful as it tells us what catagory we would fit in. Then, when we work on that specific catagory, we will improve by leaps and bounds. Another point to note, I do not understand why people have many areas which they are potentially good at. I am thus wondering how are they going to choose from these areas, at least I am lucky to have only one area of expertise.

For me, I am Intrapersonal, which means myself smart. To you, the definition of this word may sound incompatible to me, as I tend to rely and ask people before I start being independent. But, I think that this attributes to me being Intrapersonal, I can work it out myself without much help. My score for Music Smart is also not bad, as I come from a musical background, having learnt the piano. In a nutshell, I hope that everyone will continue with their area of expertise and strive for the best.

Cheers,
Jack

Difference between LTTS and The Way Up to Heaven

Just want to let you know that I worked until quite late just to think of this, so please enjoy!!!
*I am sure you can tell I am joking.

Well, lets start! The main difference between Lamb to the Slaughter and The Way up to Heaven is the way of murder presented in the story. In LTTS, the character, Mary Maloney directly kills Patrick, another character while in The Way up to Heaven, Mrs Foster indirectly kills Mr Foster, by leaving him in a trapped lift as she goes on a holiday. There is also another difference, in LTTS Mary kills Patrick because of a negative news which is told to her, while in The Way up to Heaven, Mrs Foster lets Mr Foster dies because the fact that she found out Mr Foster is deceiving her.

Now, for the similarity. The men in both stories have a certain dominance over the women in the story, but towards the end of the story, the women then overthrow the men and kill them instead. At the beggining of the story, both women are submissive and shy, not wanting to speak up in front of their husbands but after a high degree of impact is dealt on them, they killed their husbands, indirectly or directly.




NOW... FOR THE VERDICT.... I PREFER THE WAY UP TO HEAVEN MORE THAN LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER...
I just love the way the murder and deception is presented in The Way Up to Heaven.

PS: This is done after the reminder by Qiyuan so THANKS Qiyuan!!!

5th February 2010. What exactly happened...

I will remember that day for the rest of my life. Well, on that very day, I got back my Mathematics results and guess what... I got quite bad for it. I was pondering over this incident for quite some time. I really did work hard for it. I really studied and spent at least 2 hrs revising my work. Why this result?! I am really sad and I want to know the answer. In my heart, I really can promise to everyone I did study for this exam. I want to know why I did not do well. What is the answer for this?!

Please give your comments and advice...




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