significant topic among academic scholars. Writer Doris Lessing points out the negative effects that group mind can have on our society. Jonah Lehrer also indicates that group mind and power can be damaging to our community. Furthermore‚ David Brooks argues that group mind can be detrimental to the way people view just authority figures. These scholars have described group mind and its effects on society and authority in different ways. For example‚ Lessing‚ the author of “Group Minds‚” says it is dangerous
Premium Political philosophy Authority Society
encourages other people to change the way they are or values to please those who are influencing us‚ which can be a group or an individual. In comparing and contrasting the essays “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell and “Group Minds” by Doris Lessing‚ the authors share homogeneous arguments‚ revealing the tendency for individuals to choose to comply to the majority of peoples beliefs against their own will. However‚
Premium Burma George Orwell Shooting an Elephant
areas and in the middle of a piece of land solely used for animals. The second water body I tested was the small dam across the road from the Trinity Church in Boksburg on Rondebult Road‚ which is in a veld and has no residential areas surrounding it and very few wild animals which live in the veld to contribute to the quality of the water. Aim: The aim of these tests will be to prove that the quality of water will be worse in the
Premium Water Agriculture Organic food
Lessing was born in Kermanshah‚ Iran‚ then known as Persia‚ on 22 October 1919‚ to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (née McVeagh)‚ who were both English and of British nationality.[6] Her father‚ who had lost a leg during his service in World War I‚ met his future wife‚ a nurse‚ at the Royal Free Hospital where he was recovering from his amputation.[7][8] Alfred Tayler and his wife moved to Kermanshah‚ Iran‚ in order to take up a job as a clerk for the Imperial Bank of Persia and it was
Premium Marriage
Max Lerner once said “The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.” Doris Lessing illustrates this point in her short story‚ “Through the Tunnel.” In the short story‚ Jerry‚ a young‚ English boy‚ finds himself by overcoming the obstacles of adolescence. As the story opens‚ readers learn that Jerry‚ who is on vacation with his mother‚ is eleven years old--a time during which many boys begin to distance themselves from their
Premium English-language films Fiction Doris Lessing
“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 states
Premium Sociology Asch conformity experiments Science
Contemporary Literature Written Report On The Short Story: The Mother of the Child in Question By Doris Lessing Submitted: 01/15/2013 The Mother of the Child In Question is one of the short story collections in Doris Lessing’s book “The Real Thing: Stories and Sketches” which is the first new work of fiction from her since her highly acclaimed novel‚ The Fifth Child. The stories and sketches in this collection penetrate to the heart of human experience with the passion and intelligence
Premium Short story Fiction Doris Lessing
authoritative figure or group pressure drives psychologists Stanley Milgram as well as authors Doris Lessing and Solomon E. Asch to perform a series of separate experiments in order to understand human obedience and its causes. Doris Lessing and Solomon E. Asch believe that human obedience and disobedience are influenced most through group pressure. In Doris Lessing’s article “Group Minds‚” Lessing feels that human beings are still “group animals;” always seeking groups to be a part of and if one
Premium Stanley Milgram Milgram experiment Stanford prison experiment
often get into conflict. How many times have you not argued with an old man about something which was obvious to you‚ but for him it was veiled? This conflict caused by the generation gap happens in the short story In the National Gallery by Doris Lessing from 2007. Through a first person narrator we become a part of a public space‚ London’s National Gallery. The narrator‚ whose age‚ gender and appearance remains hidden from us as readers‚ watches‚ observes and comments on activity in the gallery
Premium Horse Girl Short story
based on one of his experiences during his career as a policeman. On the other hand‚ Doris Lessing‚ wrote the short story‚ “No Witchcraft for Sale.” Lessing wanted to influence her readers through her creations‚ and she completely succeeded. This story explains an experience of social injustice and challenging ideas of race. “Shooting an Elephant”‚ by George Orwell and “No Witchcraft for Sale”‚ by Doris Lessing‚ represents
Premium Short story George Orwell Musth