Changing Feelings Towards Peter and Andrea in Once in a House on Fire E

Changing Feelings Towards beam and Andrea in formerly in a House on FireOnce in a house on fire by Andrea AshworthAt the beginning of the Novel, A drug addict accident robbed Andrea of aloving father at the age of five. Her find Lorraine, widowed at justtwenty-five years old, was distraught, non to the lowest degree because she was leftalone to raise Andrea and her younger sister Lauren ( also know asLaurie). By the time Andrea was six, she had a new father...When the reviewer foremost meets Peter, it is difficult to contrive a communicateopinion of him. He seems to introduce that he wants to be the childrensnew daddy by lugging home convex sacks of misshapen Mojos for mysister and I He also appears to have a good relationship with hiswife precisely we soon realise this is not so. A Jekyll and Hyde character,he swings between loving husband and father and violent, fantasticbully. Andrea would watch as her mother smiled through his kissingcompliments but these soon turned into vicious shouting matcheswhich half the street could hear. The lector immediately feels angertowards Peter for his unjustifiable behaviour towards his family. Butif you get wind at the quote, it is clear that it is a match whichgenerally consists of two quite a little or groups competing for supremacy.This shows that although Peter started the shouting, Andreas motheralso played a part. This makes the lector feel annoyed. This isbecause although we feel that she should defend herself, she iscontributing to the argument and therefore devising it worse.Another incident showing how Lorraine contributed to an argument iswhen Peter comes home she has got the kids planning behind his back.and he is angry because he feels she is lazing on her arse... ...What Peter has through is completely unexpected and brings outthe Jekyll and Hyde element of his character. But for once, what hehas through with(p) is neither loving nor hating. This reaction completelyperplexes the reader.What this shows is that even though Peter is everything the readerthought in the first place, he is not as predictable and does not fitthe stereotype. However this does not make the reader begin to likehim but pity him even more. What is eventually clear is that althoughwe do not think he intended it, Peter subconsciously started to, ifnot completely break the cycle he himself started. This is where thefeelings of the reader domiciliate be divided. On one hand It could said thiswas just happen and it was Andrea who eventually broke the cycle or,it could also be said that they some(prenominal) played equal parts and eventuallyeven Peter had, had enough.