The novel, "The Fifth Child" takes place in London during the late 1960's. David and Harriet Lovatt are a happily married couple who reside with their four beautiful children in an enormous home on the grassy outskirts of town. The Lovatt's are a close-knit family until the abnormal pregnancy and birth of a fifth child, Benjamin. Ben is a strong, loud, violent toddler with an appalling appetite. Besides his actions, Ben is also very different looking compared to the rest of the Lovatt children. Ben's behavior and attitude begin to ruin the family to the point where each of the children are sent off to live with relatives and Harriet's husband

Conflict is a major element in literary works that a lot of the time is the high point of the plot. In both "The Fifth Child" and "'N' is for Noose", the main characters are faced with internal conflicts based on the actions of a loved one. Both protagonists fail in their attempts at success against the conflict and are led to more distress in their hectic lives.

abandons her. Harriet is stuck with the internal conflict of choosing between her newest son and her husband and other 4 children. Harriet decides to get the best of both worlds by sending Ben off to a doctor to help control and correct his problems, so her family can return home and feel safe once again. Sending away her own flesh and blood starts eating at Harriet to the point where she takes Ben back home. She was astonished to find out that Ben had not gotten any better; he had actually gotten worse. Ben was now fascinated with the local town gang and was involved in many robberies, rapes and violent acts. Harriet feels like a failure as her attempt to regain her "perfect family" was destroyed.

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)