Ralph’s Story

Chapter 5 Step By Wicked Step

Synopsis

1st stepmother: Annabel

• Believe that people have aura around their head, crazy

• She does not stay with Ralph’s dad for a long time

2nd stepmother: Janet

• She is like a gaoler as she had been in gaol for a long time

• Janet got fed up with them and left Ralph’s dad

Last stepmother: Flora

• She is like a teenager and Ralph is happy being with her

• Howard think that this one is the winner…

Ralph’s Family TreeANGUS PATRICIA

ANNABEL

DADFLORA

BABY GIRL OR BOY

JANET

TOM JOE DOUG ANN

MOM

EDWARD

RALPHGEORGE

HOWARD

VICTOR

FELICIA ALICIA

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Setting

Ral

ph

’s H

ou

se • Place where he lived with his mum

• Place where he lived with his stepfather, half sisters and brothers R

alp

h’s

Dad

Ho

use • Where he

visited his dad

• Place where he meet his stepmother

Characters

RALPH’S MUM

Very outspoken and frank personShe was sneaky and took advantage of Janet

efficiency

RALPH’S DAD

Spineless, self-centred and always falling in and out of love

He took advantage of Janet and was irresponsible and often left his sons

RALPH

He was able to get along with his stepmother He was very responsible

HOWARD

Ralph’s stepfatherHe got along with his stepsons and was sensible

and fair

FLORA

Stepmother number three, she was disorganized and was very irresponsible

She got on well with her stepsons, especially Ralph, who adored her

JANET

Stepmother number two, she was not popular with her stepsons

She was very efficient, organized and had rules for everything

ANNABEL

Stepmother number one, she wanted everything to be done her way

She was selfish and did not left her husband to spend time alone with his sons

Themes

Extended Families

Ralph came from a large extended family, he had to get used to

live like that

He had to keep track of which house he was

supposed to go, Ralph seemed to cope very

well

Adapting to new situations

Ralph had tree different stepmothers and a stepfather, so he had to adjust quickly to

new situations

He had to learn to get along with others.

Being tolerant helped him with this

adjusment

Questions

Mother Annabel

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5

6 6

Questions

Janet Flora

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5

6 6

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