Doris Lessing

“Teach Your Children Well” In “Group Minds”, noted novelist Doris Lessing argues that humanity is bound by conditioning to submit to the norms and expectations of the group that has the majority in almost any given situation; and that armed with this information we do not use it to improve our lives or institutions. As a solution to this dilemma, she proposes the need to educate the public, specifically children, about this propensity and to teach them the methods in which they may combat it…

Doris Lessing’s persuasive piece called Group Minds, touches on the innate group behavior seen in humans. She first goes into depth about how, even more so those involved in Western society, humans as a whole tend to prefer being in a group over being alone. She emphasizes that, ironically, despite the claim to individuality we stick to groups. To emphasize this point, she points out the contradictory ideas, and backs up her statement by explaining studies on the human psyche in groups. Then,…

In “Through the Tunnel” this boy named Jerry is training himself to be able to go through a tunnel that is under water, but the story had more meaning to it. The main settings were the beach, bay and tunnel. The story represented life, and growing up. Those three settings the beach, bay and tunnel symbolize something in life and the obstacles that come with it. The beach symbolizes childhood. The story described it as crowded, safe and familiar. Also Jerry’s mom was there to watch him at the…

“Group Minds” In 1919 Doris Lessing was born in Persia, and was the daughter in a farmer family. Lessing attended a Roman Catholic convent and an all-girls high school in Rhodesia. By 1959 Lessing started writing a bunch of writings on fiction. A lot of her writing attracted the attention of scholar. One of her articles called “Group Minds”, is an article that presents the idea that we as humans are group animals and that we will never truly be an individual in the world, but her article is…

In “Group Minds” by Doris Lessing, Lessing tells us how in human-nature, people will “conform to those large, vague, ill defined collections of people” in order to feel accepted as if they’re a part of something other than themselves. Lessing gives many examples as to how this might take place in real-world scenarios. Lessing is so convincing throughout her article that she has made me a believer in how individuality is starting to take form as an outcast member of society rather than someone…

understood all your life, but in a new way”(Lessing). Doris Lessing a British novelist and poet wrote many stories in the 20th century. One of Lessing’s most popular story was called No WitchCraft For Sale. This story takes place in Africa that involves two cultures, a rich white family, and a poor African American family. In the story, No WitchCraft For Sale Doris Lessing poses three very important messages which are, trust, racism, and peer pressure. Doris Lessing poses in No WitchCraft For…

Past the Shallows Essay Past the Shallows, by Favel Parrett, is a touching story of two brothers in a small town by the ocean. The brothers, Miles and Harry, have grown up be the ocean but it plays a very different part in both of their lives. The boys are constantly at the mercy of their fathers mood which can change as quick as the ocean can. Even though Harry finds joy in small treasures and Miles finds joy in surfing there is always the underlying presence of poverty and desperation.…

Table 6.0 Dreams & hallucinations, and it’s Signification in TV Chandran Films Film Dream (with screen time/scene no :) Signification 1 Ponthan Mada The climax sequence where Mada plunges into water,sheds his working cap, and swims across the water body to reach the other side, where his wife Karthu, and Sheema Thampuran are waiting for him ( 01:45:48 to 01:47:43) This signifies a kind of liberation, which never happened in his life, and finally he realizes his identity and becomes…

“Through the Tunnel” explains the mysterious path of an 11 year old boy, Jerry. Unlike the diversities of unique characters in the short story, Jerry has his own set of personality traits that distinguish him from the rest of the characters in the writing. Traits are a quality or feature, particularly belonging to a person. Jerry is both determined and immature, balanced completely in his toddler-like mind. Although his determination, his immaturity blocks out all sense of logic and manners. For…

“Through the Tunnel” is about a boy who is kind of lonely and tries to complete a task that is important to himself that starts out to just be to impress some other boys. This short-story has three main settings that have importance to what it is trying to convey. Each of these settings show a different emotion and feeling for the story and to the boy, Jerry. They give a purpose and visualization to the story along with Jerry’s representation. He is represented in different ways in the three…