Liz Pregnant

1. Liz Sean Liz Pregnant Not sure SeesFather Plans Future California UCLA Flat Meeting Liz Dumped Comes to Meeting Comes to Meeting Deeply worried His concerns NOW in Essay Essay theme Abortion Pregnant AloneNo longer wants Child After Meeting After Meeting

2. Examples that Liz does not see this coming:- i. The scene P. 25 Sean tries to have sex but Liz refuses. He gets angry when she refuses He tells her she should be on the Pill She calls him a “pain in the ass”. i. Consequence:- P. 72 Sean splits from her Liz writes to him to ask him to take her back Their first meeting afterwards they have sex Liz is the one who Maggie believes can see everything. It is Liz that instigates the sex

3. What does Liz SEE and NOT SEE i. Does not realise that initially Sean only wants sex. P. 25 ii. Does not consider Rod a threat. iii. Even when Maggie sees her and Rod together, and Rod has her against the wall she sees no threat. Did not see the attempted rape coming. P. 66ff iv. Does not see what is going on in Sean’s head when she tells him she is pregnant…..Why the father talk…….We only hear about this from Liz P. 88

4. Sean’s View of the relationship and Abortion:- P. 112-116 Sean’s Essay:- The Circus of Blackness i. The reason he backed out was because of the influence of others, in particular his father. [Clown] P. 113 ii. It was also forced on him because of the views of society in general. What people think etc. [Crowd] P. 112/3 iii. Under this pressure he and Liz together decide to plead with the crowd that the child is allowed to live. [Wooden box raised towards the heavens] P. 115 iv.When the child is killed and the crowd scream their delight and agreement the boy and girl are crying. P. 116

5. Sean’s View of the relationship and Abortion:- Reality i. The fact that Sean goes to see his father proves that he already has doubts about marriage. Maybe he wants his father to talk him out of it. P. 90-94 ii. He agrees with his father that he has not dated many girls and should not be forced into an early marriage. P. 99 iii. If he left Liz, he knew there would be other girls who would want him. P. 99 iv. Was he really to marry her and stop his life? P. 100 v. He has decided to pay for Liz to have an abortion. P. 101 vi. It is only when Liz talks about the baby’s name that Sean is forced to tell her that he is not marrying her. P. 101

6. vii. It is only when Liz screams at him “What do you think I am? Some kind of whore?” that he makes any major reply to her. “To hear you talk you’d think I was the only one to blame. You had nothing to do with it!” He blames Liz for it. P. 101 a. In his story Sean wants it to be thought that he was forced to back out of the wedding etc. because of pressure. b. In his story Sean wants it to be thought that he was reluctant to go through with it and pleaded that it did not happen. c. The truth is that although influenced by his father etc. he is in agreement with the idea of backing out. d. The fact he writes the story shows that he is not perfectly contented with what he has done.

7. Maggie and seeing what is there:- i. At the beginning of the story she believes that Liz is more observant than her. P. 9 ii. When Maggie sees Rod with Liz she is concerned. She knows what he is like and asks if Liz is ok. P. 66 iii. When she breaks up with Dennis she is well aware of what he is thinking. She also realises why she is feeling the way she is. P. 96 + 98 iv. When she accompanies Liz to get the abortion she does not trust Rod. She memorises the doctors address so she can get the police onto him if something goes wrong. P. 107 v. She knows Liz will die if she does not get help and so defies her instructions and get help for her. P. 111

8. At the end of the novel, during graduation, she analyses life and what it means. She remembers the old saying: “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”. She can put meaning to each notion as it reflects her life:- i. Something Old:- The angel on the ceiling smiling and looking down at her. P. 123 ii. Something New:- The shame she now feels that Liz will no longer speak to her because she went for help. P. 122 iii. Something Borrowed:- The same old speeches that people make at events like graduation which have no meaning. P. 122 iv. Something Blue:- The sadness she feels about the way things turned out with Dennis and Liz. P. 121

9. Section 1:- Name of Novel and writer. Section 2:- Brief outline of the story. Section 3.:- How Liz is not able to see what is really there. Section 4:- How Sean tries to fool himself about what really happened. Section 5:- Link paragraph to point out that not all characters are blind. Section 6:- How Maggie really sees what is going on. Section 7:- Conclusion and answer to the question. Answer Outline