The Fifth Child Response Paper
Response Paper – The fifth Child by Sophia Söderström
The fifth child, a book written by Doris Lessing, describes the life-changing events in a happy couples life. Harriet and David Lovatt an upper-middle-class couple meet each other at an office party. The relationship goes quickly forward and they bought an enormous house outside of London with the idea to raise a lot of children there, maybe six or even eight. Nine months after they bought the house the first baby came, Luke. Everything went on well and they were very happy. They became the centrepiece of the family and a lot of relatives and friends came to visit for the holidays. However, no one was really supporting the fact that they wanted to have a big family. Everyone was thinking, how will they be able to support this house with eight children?
David and Harriet couldn’t manage without help. It started already when they bought the house and David’s father James took care of the mortgage. Harriet’s mother was probably the person who helped out the most and she was also the person who seemed to be against, David and Harriet’s life plan, the most. However, This was something I was stunned by already in the beginning of the …show more content…
Usually, when I read about someone’s misery I sympathize with the person in question but Lessing makes no to. David and Harriet found each other and want a big family, a big house, lovely children and a perfect life. That is not abnormal, the problem is that they will take advantage of everyone to get there. They don’t even think before they buy the house and they don’t think that if we can’t take care of six children on our own, maybe we should not have that many. Many questions occur but I think that Lessing wants to discuss this utilisation. He describes the mothers bond with their child and she will always feel responsibility and guilty, although she also feels some kind of hate towards the
The fifth child, a book written by Doris Lessing, describes the life-changing events in a happy couples life. Harriet and David Lovatt an upper-middle-class couple meet each other at an office party. The relationship goes quickly forward and they bought an enormous house outside of London with the idea to raise a lot of children there, maybe six or even eight. Nine months after they bought the house the first baby came, Luke. Everything went on well and they were very happy. They became the centrepiece of the family and a lot of relatives and friends came to visit for the holidays. However, no one was really supporting the fact that they wanted to have a big family. Everyone was thinking, how will they be able to support this house with eight children?
David and Harriet couldn’t manage without help. It started already when they bought the house and David’s father James took care of the mortgage. Harriet’s mother was probably the person who helped out the most and she was also the person who seemed to be against, David and Harriet’s life plan, the most. However, This was something I was stunned by already in the beginning of the …show more content…
Usually, when I read about someone’s misery I sympathize with the person in question but Lessing makes no to. David and Harriet found each other and want a big family, a big house, lovely children and a perfect life. That is not abnormal, the problem is that they will take advantage of everyone to get there. They don’t even think before they buy the house and they don’t think that if we can’t take care of six children on our own, maybe we should not have that many. Many questions occur but I think that Lessing wants to discuss this utilisation. He describes the mothers bond with their child and she will always feel responsibility and guilty, although she also feels some kind of hate towards the