What were your thoughts about the ending of this short story? Could Mary Maloney get away with the same crime in today's current society? Why/why not?
Your response to this blog should be two-three paragraphs [at least 5-6 sentences].
At the end of this short story, I found it very shocking how Mary got away with it, and the cops had no clue. She basically begged them to eat the food which was her way of throwing away the evidence. She was very smart and was able to pull off her act very well. Mary did not seem like she was lying to the cops, she was very upset and acted like a normal wife would after her husband died. I find it appalling how somebody could get away with that so easily.
In modern times, Mary probably would not have gotten away with this because, this story is realistic-fiction. Although this seemed like it could happen, it didn't. The cops would have searched the whole house much more thoroughly and taken the lamb and question whether or not it could have struck someone with such a heavy blow. They also would have questioned the wife, because nowadays women and husbands have be known to kill each other. They could have done an investigation to see whether or not the marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Maloney was okay.
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