My Favorite Story-What Makes a Good Story?

Out of all the short stories we read in the short story unit, my favorite was "Lambs to the Slaughter". I liked it because of the characters. Mary's character was very well built; her characterization was the most detailed. Roald Dahl used characterization very well to make the characters come to life in the story. The plot was also interesting and suspenseful, and I liked how Mary Maloney got rid of the evidence. The theme the author communicated, identity, related to the story well, and I thought that the story had a lot of body.