Lessing advocates that humans behave like group animals because we live in families, belong to social clubs and like to join religious and political assemblies. She proposes that people seek out “like-minded” individuals because they hate being alone. While Lessing believes there is nothing wrong with this, she points out that the danger lies in not understanding the social laws that dictate the groups we join. Often people’s thinking is altered to fit the group because it is very hard to preserve a dissenting opinion amongst “the
