Fifth Child

 THE FIFTH CHILD VOCABULARY p.9 a freak un monstre, un phénomène an oddball un excentrique an affair une liaison reluctanly à contrecoeur to joke plaisanter to reckon estimer, penser lace de la dentelle witty spirituel, plein d'esprit to wrap up emballer a layer une couche p.10 unkindly méchamment contempt le mépris enlightened éclairé childhood enfance indeed en effet unfortunate malchanceux misfit inadapté old-fashioned démodé towards en direction de, vers to smile sourire

THE FIFTH CHILD DORIS LESSING The passage is about when dog which arrived in the family. One day, the dog does suddenly, and Harriet doesn’t know how he die. I- The evil in Ben - Harriet is puzzled hut has her suspicious. The life at home is destroyed. His behavior is strange: quirky laugh and an angry look -He’s really violent; he kills the dog and the cat. He’s like a wild animal in cage, he wait all day long like a predator -Ben is like a psychopath: watches, follows his victims. He wants

AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ - Part 1 1. You just found out that your mother is sick. You go to work, and an American co-worker asks you, “How are you?” What do you say? a) “Not good.” b) “Fine, how are you?” c) “I’m not doing too well—I just found out that my mother is sick.” 2. An American has invited you to their house for dinner. Should you bring anything? a) Yes. b) No. c) Only if they ask. 3. Two of your co-workers are talking, and you have to ask one of them a question about a

Extract n°2. From « On the afternoon… » (p.14) to « …I’m sure » (p.16) a. Who? Where? When? Why? What? b. David and Harriet’s feelings? Justify. c. How does the reader discover the house? d. Draw the map of the house and represent D&H’s progress through the house. e. What are the most important room+piece of furniture in the house? Why? Justify by picking out expressions which corroborate your first impression. f. Show that the choice of that precise house marks

Plot Summary: The novel “The Fifth Child” by Doris Lessing, is about two single adults, Harriet and David, who met at a party. David was divorced, and sleeping with different women every night, and harriet was single, and ready to settle down. As anyone could predict, the two fall in love and get married. Their lifelong dream was to raise a large, perfect family. They knew from the start that they wanted many children, “probably six”, Harriet suggested, although her mother in law Dorothy thought

Themes The Fifth Child is a potent and suggestive piece of writing. It is first and foremost a criticism of the British society on different levels. Doris Lessing’s vision of this society is stern, satiric and bleak. Some of the major themes tackled in this book include the importance of family, the Swinging Sixties, tolerance, the role of women, motherhood, sacrifice, loneliness, rejection, violence, fear, and more. The Swinging Sixties: - In the unconstrained atmosphere of England in

"We have tried". David explained what had happened with the three amiable and indifferent girls. "Doesn't surprise me. Who wants to do an honest job these days? " said Dorothy. 'But you have to get someone. and i can tell you i didn't expect to end my days as your and Sarah's skivvy." Here Luke and Helen gave their grandmother incredulous looks and burst into tears. After a pause, Dorothy controlled herself and began consoling them. "All right, it's all right', she said "And now I'm going to

reason and love in his own way, a kind of pita. She was quickly able to obtain only the normal behavior, even if we feel the suffering of the child who sees her difference but failed to change its appearance or that particular, nor his murderous impulses. Thus, before the child uncomfortable, generous family did not hesitate to adopt inhuman behavior: the child is placed in an institution where everyone expects to see him die. When Harriet decides to help him, he opposes a mute disapproval: yet for

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exposé sur les melons Dimitry, Hugo, matthieu, theophile le melon / déscription [pic] (Voir photo 1) Le nom scientifique du melon est: Cucumis melo Le mot « melon » vient du latin melo, melonis. Ce terme provient d'une racine grecque signifiant « pomme », « fruit » (« pomme » se dit malum en latin). (Voir photo 2) Le melon, est une plante potagère qui produit des fruits comestibles. Le melon appartient à la grande famille des Cucurbitacées, des plantes