distinct individuals‚ but individuals do not live in isolation. Doris Lessing’s essay “Group Minds‚” talks about the human nature of belonging to groups. Humans‚ especially those in Western societies do not like to be loners‚ but rather enjoy being part of a like-minded group. Most people cannot stand being alone‚ so therefore they are always looking for groups to belong to (Lessing 307). No man is an island and individuals live in groups and teams and classes that come together with a purpose. Yet
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“Group Minds” Critique The majority of people tend to view themselves as independent human beings. It is their belief that the responses they provide are based on their personal knowledge of the subject. However‚ in Doris Lessing’s article “Group Minds‚” Lessing discusses the lack of individualistic thinking that is present when people are involved in a group setting. In the article‚ Lessing describes how the pressures of the majority group almost always seem to overrule the minority’s decision even
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act as sheep and follow the lead of the blind. Doris Lessing was a renowned fictional novelist of the 20th century (Lessing 652) and lived during an exciting time when questions of the normal aspects of human life were beginning to be understood. Lessing’s article "Group Minds" presents an argument that we know how people interact in groups‚ ignorance of how groups are governed is dangerous‚ and we can make changes to help the future generations. Lessing asserts her thesis that humans are social animals
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Humans like to live in groups‚ we all like to be apart of something in this world. Doris Lessing’s excerpt; “Group Minds” says that the people of the west live in a free society and that the majority of people live in groups. Lessing believes that it is not dangerous to be apart of a group but‚ it can be dangerous when some groups do not understand social laws that keep us safe when when we interact with others. People who read the excerpt might agree and disagree because of many factors that play
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it can be a challenge to blend in. In Doris Lessing’s article‚ “Group Minds”‚ she tries to emphasize that people need to be cautious about group compulsion. The article was to demonstrate how human beings will go against their own belief in order to please the group. The aspiration to fit into a group is something humans tend to need moreover want. Many feel the need to belong to a group in order to avoid the emptiness they feel. When people are in a group‚ they have the tendency to have the same
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Most people conform to group pressure and peer pressure. They do not like to voice their opinion against a group of people even if they know they are right. In Doris Lessing’s “Group Minds‚” Lessing states “it is the hardest thing in the world to maintain an individual dissident opinion‚ as a member of a group” (652). The article “Group Minds” discusses how people give in to pressure from their peers and their group members. Lessing states that humans like to be in groups instead of being alone
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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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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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operate as a 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
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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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