The Real Thing by Doris Lessing: It’s a short story that Lessing relates to very old times. It is the title of Henry James’ novella written in 1899. It is very much likely that this text is in connection with James’ story. You have two different cultures and different approaches towards the same things. What is the problem? Why there is a distinction between American and British? What is wrong with the fact that Henry sees Angela or Sebastian talks about Olga? Perhaps they are trying to get along
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Doris Lessing’s "Flight" is a short story revolving around an old man and his learning of accepting in life. The author‚ however‚ does not let her readers know much about the old man‚ especially in the sphere of physical appearance. Even his name is not known to the readers. Doris Lessing‚ alternatively‚ aims to steer her readers to centre on the old man’s inner feelings‚ i.e. his weird mood and his consequent eccentric behaviors. A close and careful analysis is essential for us to somehow get a
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swinging (move from one place to another place by holding something that is fixed and pulling yourself along‚ up) on the gate; her hair fell down her back; her long bare legs repeated the angles of the frangipani (a tropical American tree or bush with groups of white‚ pink or yellow flowers) stems” tell us that he is looking at the granddaughter’s movement. 3. What is his granddaughter doing? Where is she now? How old is she? During the beginning of the story‚ Alice often behaves as if she is
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F L I G H T Doris Lessing (1919- ) Above the old man’s head was the dovecote‚ a tall white-netted shelf on stilts‚ full of strutting‚ preening birds. The sunlight broke on their gray breasts into small rainbows. His ears were lulled by their crooning‚ his hands stretched up toward his favorite‚ a homing pigeon‚ a young plump-bodied bird‚ which stood still when it saw him and cocked a shrewd bright eye. "Pretty‚ pretty‚ pretty‚" he said‚ as he grasped the bird and drew it down‚ feeling
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Стилистический анализ текста: Doris Lessing “England Versus England” The text under stylistic analysis is taken from the book “England versus England” written by Doris Lessing. This story is told by the author. It deals with feelings and emotions of author and written in the style of fiction. The scene is laid in small English village. The main character are Charlie and his father Mr. Thornton. This part of a story is about a generation gap between young man Charlie and his father Mr. Thornton
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In “Group Minds” by Doris Lessing‚ she makes a point of acknowledging how individuals will violate their own common sense‚ and moral codes in order to be accepted by their peers‚ and argues why we as a society can’t apply this knowledge to explain how people could be cautious of group pressures. Doris Lessing has been called “the best female novelist” post war era; since 1959‚ she has written over twenty works of fiction‚ and has received numerous amounts of scholarly attention. Lessing continuously
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“Through the Tunnel” A risk that almost takes a life In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ there is a boy whose name is Jerry. He is a big mamma’s boy. In the story he goes away from his mama‚ and into the bay with his friends. Jerry and his friends in the bay find an underwater tunnel‚ and they all swam through except Jerry‚ but Jerry takes a dangerous risk. Then Jerry shows that he has matured because at the beginning of the story he really only talks and stays by his mom and now
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Dismissing your own individual opinions to reach group consensus‚ now that’s negative peer pressure! Peer pressure will always be a problem and can affect anyone. I say that because no matter where you’re from or who you are‚ peer pressure is lurking about. Anytime you’re pressured to do something and your conscience is telling you not to do it‚ and you follow through with the task anyway‚ that is dismissing your opinion just to please other group members. Not wanting to be ostracized by others is
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The article "Group Mind" by Doris Lessing was about people wanting to be in groups. A group is several people with a common interest. Being in a group gives us a sense of belonging; people out there being just like us. Lessing says; "We tend to think the way the group does: may even joined the group to find "like minded" people" (Lessing 357). This is because if we see other people in the world that are like us‚ then we will feel more wanted. Lessing sets up an experiment to prove her point.
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SANDRA NFOr ENGL 102 SECTION: AS42 GROUP MINDS: HARD DEAL INFORMATION The Essay” Group Minds” was written by Doris Lessing. In it‚ she argues that the government retains “hard information” about human actions/behaviour from schools to keep people submissive. “We (the human race) are now in possession of a great deal of hard information about ourselves‚ but we do not use it to improve our institutions and therefore our lives. (266)” This
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