...to p96 “The pressure of those inhuman eyes of his had entered her sleep and woken her.”   In this passage, Harriet sees Ben outside his home for the first time after taking him home from the institution and it changes her point of view on her son.   A different Ben Ben seen as happy for the...

...of a long ward...” to p83 “ 'None of us have seen anything like it,' said the young man.”   This passage takes place several  weeks after Ben has been taken to an institution in the north of England. The whole family have enjoyed the relief of not having him around and so has Harriet but...

...p71 “Around the table sat Dorothy, with Amy on her lap...” to p74 “At once. Tomorrow.”   This passage is situated in the second half of the novel. Ben is now three years old. He expresses himself with simple straight forward sentences to say what he needs but there is no satisfying...

Passage 9 I know, this little terrier is really cute and it's difficult to imagine strangling it... but not for Ben ! pages 62, 63 and 64 "Towards the end of the holidays..." to " 'Everything has gone a long way beyond. Period.' Said Dorothy." Facts : This passage begins at the end of...

...with them" to page 45 "She could not believe that David did not see it."   Where in the novel : This passage is situated towards the end of Harriet 's fifth pregnancy which has been extremely difficult so far. Dorothy, Harriet 's mother, and Alice, an experienced woman who has come to help the...

...longings for a perfect family living in the perfect Victorian house they had always wanted. At this point in the book, they have had 4 healthy children and Harriet is pregnant with the fifth child which gives its title to Doris Lessing's novel. Facts : Harriet is not satisfied with the help she...

...H&D use their own key to enter the house and go from room to room imagining their future life in this house. When they reach their bedroom, they take possession of it by making love several times. They lay in bed for a while and then get up and dressed and they leave the house to walk into the...

...will or will not be related to the content of the text ( 14 points total) and translate a part of this text ( 6 points ).   Revision of instructions :   Instruction 1 What sort of narrative is this text? 2 Tick the right answers and justify by quoting the text. 3 Tick the right statements . 4...