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    Flight by Doris Lessing

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    Love is one of the most powerful emotions that will usually exist when everything else has gone. Therefore‚ it is really miserable when you have to let go of the one you love. In the short story “Flight” by Doris Lessing‚ we see how much the granddad loves his granddaughter‚ and how he does not want to give her up to someone else. This love comes to the granddad a lot of conflicts‚ he wants to keep his granddaughter but in the other hand‚ he has to learn and accept of letting go of his granddaughter

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    Doris Lessing

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    We are first introduced to Mary as being an independent young woman. However Lessing’s character soon shows signs of being an insecure woman‚ who cares deeply what other people think about her. The reader is forced to sympathise with this self-destructing character. Throughout the novel Mary is described as being in a state of tension and under strain. Mary is unable to adapt to her new life on the farm with Dick‚ she is constantly longing for the town she left behind. The linear plot is about

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    Every 16.2 minutes‚ somebody takes his or her own life‚ and on average one million people commit suicide every year. Have you ever thought about what might cause somebody to do something so tragic? In Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” we see how even 50 years ago there were major social pressures playing a role in peoples lives‚ and creating a stereotype of what both men and women should live like. It is these very stereotypes and demeaning social pressures that lead to the unnecessary suicides

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    to room nineteen

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    In Lessing short story‚ “To Room Nineteen‚” she explains about being in “tragedy” represents “a failure of intelligence” is when she rents a room for solitude and she cannot find a way to her real self except by killing herself and her marriageis a failure (2759). Although‚ the author uses ”intelligent” and “civilized” to explain that it’s ironic and her intelligence to show that if led her to commit suicide (Lessing 2762). However‚ this story starts in a very ironic tone by bringing up the failure

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    Doris Lessing- an Essay

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    DORIS LESSING: THE GREAT NOBEL LAUREATE "…that epicist of the female experience‚ who with scepticism‚ fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"- Doris Lessing ‚ as described by the Swedish Academy while awarding her with the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Not an exaggeration for a writer whose repertoire is as eclectic as the range of issues and concerns she explored. Her writings cover modernism‚ post-modernism‚ politics‚ socialism‚ communism‚

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    1984, By Doris Lessings

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    group. In a lecture from 1985‚ Doris Lessings stated the human nature wanted to be part of a group. Being in a group made it inevitable that people would compromise their beliefs for the accepted beliefs. Everyone possessed opinions but the difference was how far‚ how long and how hard they would go to keep their opinions. In her lecture‚ she accurately described an embarrassing moment of “how often [people] said black was white because other people were saying it” (Lessings). She found it frustrating

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    To Room Nineteen

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    To Room 19 ‚ Final draft In the short story “To Room Nineteen” by Doris Lessing‚ Susan Rawlings is a woman living what seems like the perfect life with the perfect marriage. However‚ it soon becomes clear that Susan isn’t as happy with her life as one might think upon first glance. Slowly but surely‚ Susan begins to drift away from her home life in attempts to find freedom through solitude. This reaction can be analyzed by taking a closer look at how Susan relates to the places in her life such

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    The major theme in Doris Lessing’s short story “A Woman on the Roof” is female sexuality‚ which is juxtaposed with male aggression. The story happens one afternoon while three men work to replace gutters on a roof. They suddenly see a beautiful woman basking under the sun in a bikini bottom and only a small scarf tied around her breasts. They all watch her and Tom and Stanley saunter over now and then to catch a glimpse. The next day‚ the sunbathing beauty appears again‚ however‚ this time the scarf

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    Fifth Child Doris Lessing

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    Interpretation and personal opinion „The Fifth Child“ To my mind this book written by Doris Lessing is very difficult to understand. “The Fifth Child” is a very controversial story. It is about a young couple and its five children. Harriet and David want to have a big family and everything is perfect. They live happily together although they have financial difficulties. Family life is rather busy but everything goes its way until Ben – the fifth child – is born. Ben has a very aggressive character

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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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