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The Address
Describe the general change in life after the Liberation and the war.
The war came with sufferings and disasters. However, when the war was over things changed for the better. Gradually everything became normal again. Bread was available. The people could sleep in their beds ‘unthreatened’. After the Liberation, life became more relaxed and peaceful.
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‘The Address ’ is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment.
Who is the narrator?
What makes the narrator go to 46, Marconi Street?
Describe Mrs S, the mother of the narrator. Was she a victim of the war?
Who is Mrs Dorling? Do you justify her behaviour?
Why was the narrator ‘not entirely convinced’ by the assurance given by Mrs
Dorling to her mother for saving all her ‘nice things’?
What change did the narrator notice in her rooms when she was home for a few days?
How and why were all the ‘nice things’ of Mrs S taken away by Mrs Dorling to 46, Marconi Street?
Describe the first meeting of the narrator with Mrs Dorling at 46, Marconi Street.
How did the narrator feel that she had rung the wrong bell? How was she assured that she was at the right place?
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