LI: To show our understanding of a text using different sentence structures to create mood and character ideas.
Everything changed. Bruno sat quietly in his room, and memories of Berlin flooded back into his mind. Although Grandmother could be difficult at times, Bruno missed the warmth and energy she brought into his life. The atmosphere inside the house felt heavy and emotional as Mother and Father argued more often than before. A family slowly breaking apart.
“Things were better before we came here,” Bruno thought miserably. Why did Out-With seem to destroy every happy part of their lives? Bruno listened to the distant shouting, noticed the growing anger between the adults, and felt more lonely than ever. As the tension inside the house continued to grow, even Gretel seemed quieter than usual. Bruno realised that life at Out-With had changed his family forever.