The Real Thing by Doris Lessing: It’s a short story that Lessing relates to very old times. It is the title of Henry James’ novella written in 1899. It is very much likely that this text is in connection with James’ story. You have two different cultures and different approaches towards the same things. What is the problem? Why there is a distinction between American and British? What is wrong with the fact that Henry sees Angela or Sebastian talks about Olga? Perhaps they are trying to get along
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People are 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
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F L I G H T Doris Lessing (1919- ) Above the old man’s head was the dovecote‚ a tall white-netted shelf on stilts‚ full of strutting‚ preening birds. The sunlight broke on their gray breasts into small rainbows. His ears were lulled by their crooning‚ his hands stretched up toward his favorite‚ a homing pigeon‚ a young plump-bodied bird‚ which stood still when it saw him and cocked a shrewd bright eye. "Pretty‚ pretty‚ pretty‚" he said‚ as he grasped the bird and drew it down‚ feeling
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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
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Стилистический анализ текста: Doris Lessing “England Versus England” The text under stylistic analysis is taken from the book “England versus England” written by Doris Lessing. This story is told by the author. It deals with feelings and emotions of author and written in the style of fiction. The scene is laid in small English village. The main character are Charlie and his father Mr. Thornton. This part of a story is about a generation gap between young man Charlie and his father Mr. Thornton
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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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“Through the Tunnel” A risk that almost takes a life In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ there is a boy whose name is Jerry. He is a big mamma’s boy. In the story he goes away from his mama‚ and into the bay with his friends. Jerry and his friends in the bay find an underwater tunnel‚ and they all swam through except Jerry‚ but Jerry takes a dangerous risk. Then Jerry shows that he has matured because at the beginning of the story he really only talks and stays by his mom and now
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The Fifth Child Essays Essay1: Ben Lovatt in The Fifth Child is constantly made fun and looked down upon for being different compared to the rest of his family. Ben is the fifth child of Harriet and David Lovatt. He is born two months prematurely‚ which causes Harriet to experience a lot of pain and suffering. Her other four pregnancies went smoothly and she experienced little pain. Ben is constantly angry at the world around him. The evil in all of mankind is represented through Ben. Ben is
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The Fifth Child The story of the Lovatt’s family begins in England‚ at the end of the 60’s and their problems begin when their fifth child was born‚ he was a trouble maker and how their perfect life went from being almost perfect to a total hell. The characters of the story are; David‚ the father‚ son of divorced parents that never gave him the attention he needed‚ making him go through a lot of sadness. When he was a little kid‚ David had a bedroom on every house he would stayed‚ but his favorite
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Doris Lessing was born in Kermanshah‚ Iran‚ on October 22‚ 1919‚ and is a famous writer‚ winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Since childhood she moved with his family to Zimbabwe to perform agricultural tasks. It was there where she became a lover of nature and at the same time‚ she met the miseries of racial discrimination.Due to the poor relationship of the writer with its authoritarian mother‚ Doris decided to leave school and continue her studies on her own‚ at which time he began
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