The Couple Next Door is a novel written by Shari Lapena. Anne progresses through time from a nervous mother to a calmer person through conflict. Anne has a newborn Cora, who is in need of constant care and must be watched twenty four seven. Cora is a treasure to Anne and is always with her. When Cora and Anne are separated, rivalries and conflicts are created, prevailing true personalities. One night Anne and her husband go to their neighbors party. Anne fears that Cora is endangered and “wonders what the other mothers in her mom's’ group w[ill] think if she ever t[ells] them. We left our six-month-old baby home alone and went to a party next door. She imagines all their jaws dropping in shock, the uncomfortable silence. But she will never
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She even “wonders what the other mothers in her mom's’ group w[ill] think”, this shows proof of how Anne possess the character trait of a nervous person at the beginning of the novel because nervous people tend to overthink situations and compare themselves to others. Anne says how her mom’s group would never leave a child home alone and compares herself to the perfect mother in the mom’s group. The conflict in this novel is a person vs. person conflict. It is so because the protagonist, Anne, has to deal with the mystery of her daughter because another person had taken her child. Once the conflict is resolved, Anne has to live with her lying husband. Her husband asks her, ““Do you think you could ever forgive me? [...] Anne thinks, How can I ever forgive you for how selfish and weak and stupid you were? She says, “I don’t know, Marco. I have to take it one day at a time.””Anne acts very calm in this situation for a wife whose husband had just allowed a stranger to care for his baby. In the quote, the narrator uses dramatic irony to help show Anne’s new character trait of being calm. The reader knows how Anne feels about her husband asking for forgiveness, she feels angry and
She even “wonders what the other mothers in her mom's’ group w[ill] think”, this shows proof of how Anne possess the character trait of a nervous person at the beginning of the novel because nervous people tend to overthink situations and compare themselves to others. Anne says how her mom’s group would never leave a child home alone and compares herself to the perfect mother in the mom’s group. The conflict in this novel is a person vs. person conflict. It is so because the protagonist, Anne, has to deal with the mystery of her daughter because another person had taken her child. Once the conflict is resolved, Anne has to live with her lying husband. Her husband asks her, ““Do you think you could ever forgive me? [...] Anne thinks, How can I ever forgive you for how selfish and weak and stupid you were? She says, “I don’t know, Marco. I have to take it one day at a time.””Anne acts very calm in this situation for a wife whose husband had just allowed a stranger to care for his baby. In the quote, the narrator uses dramatic irony to help show Anne’s new character trait of being calm. The reader knows how Anne feels about her husband asking for forgiveness, she feels angry and