Doris Lessing

Human nature is the behavioral traits that all humans share and according to William Golding our human nature is a tendency that leans towards evil. William Golding is the author of Lord of the Flies, a novel that was published in 1954. The novel is about a group of boys who's plane crashes onto a deserted island without any adults there to look after them. At first they try to be civil and organized but, throughout the story it shows how the boys bring out their wild sides and become evil…

Through the Tunnel is about a little boy, named Jerry, who tries to make it through a tunnel underwater. It is a suspenseful scene in which he is afraid that he might die and be left there for hours or even days. When reading this story by Doris Lessing, the readers can feel a sense of tension and feel nervous about what will happen to the little boy.…

protected” (par. 12). These children would rather stand behind an idea they morally believe is wrong rather than stand up against the “authority figure” that provides them a sense of safety and the knowledge that they are not the next target. Doris Lessing also touches on this issue, as well, in her essay, “Group Minds,” where she states, “the hardest thing in the world is to stand out against one’s group, a group of one’s peers” (par. 9). In a child’s mind, it is easier to continue to bully the…

Theseus is a Hero Theseus, son of Aegeus, king of Athens. The young man who killed the Minotaur, shows many attributes of a hero. Through many acts of bravery, opportunities to display one's bravery, as well as love for mankind, Theseus is an excellent example of a hero. First off, when the 14 young noble citizens were being compelled to go in the labyrinth with the minotaur, King Minos was deciding who would go “and his son Theseus had chosen to be among them”(Donaldson 18). This means that…

oneself. Self- acceptance is being pleased with oneself; not caring about other people’s opinions. If children do not learn accept themselves, then they will never be able to truly mature. For example, in the short story Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing the protagonist, Jerry, yearns to be like the older boys. He is juvenile, seeking to fit in; wanting to be approved by the them. He is persistent to prove to them that he can make it…

The novel, The Summer before the Dark is an optimistic novel of Doris Lessing as it traces the protagonist’s (Kate Brown) journey from darkness to light. Kate Brown is an extremely talented, intelligent woman who rebels against the stereotypical standards set by the suppressive society on women. Every journey that she undertakes is shown as a stepping stone to find her real ‘self’. She attempts to search her identity through dreams and languages. Her family has always enjoyed her services as…

podcast Bad Baby starts off by introducing the story of a mother who has a blog where she talks about the eldest of her three children that genuinely enjoys creating chaos. They connect her story to that of a novel called The Fifth Child, written by Doris Lessing, and how she wrote the novel based on a folklore about goblins that look like children taking the place of actual children. After talking about the book and folklore, psychologist Paul Bloom weighs in on the idea of a bad baby by giving…

Twentieth century novel Modern novelist can be divided into those who continue within a broad tradition of realism and those who experiment far more with the form of novel. Writers such as john Galsworthy, Arnold Bennett, Graham Green, Iris Murdoch, Doris Lessing, Ernest Hemingway, John Updike and Saul Bellow are essentially realist. They are less interactive then the nineteenth century realists. They present a credible picture in which we are not particularly aware of the novelist presence.…

personalities which shape someone to who they are. A personality can ultimately determine the type of person someone is. In “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and “The Golden Notebook” by Doris Lessing demonstrate how a personality can be shown through colours, animals and nature, and how they have an ultimate effect on dreams. “Identity” is a very strong word that defines a person on who they are and what they stand…

that if he did not shoot the elephant the natives would have lost respect for him. He chose to shoot the elephant. He replied, "soley to avoid looking a fool." (pg. 146) “No Witchcraft for Sale,” is a collection of African stories written by Doris Lessing. It is not an autobiography like "Shooting an…