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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The Ego Inside In today’s society‚ 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
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with that group they look for others to be a part of. Lessing states this in the beginning of her summary. We as humans feel that we need to be a part of a group‚ posse‚ click‚ crowd‚ etc. The reason behind this is we grow up believing‚ and thinking what our guardians taught us what was right and what was wrong. Which there is not a problem with this but‚ how are we supposed to learn without exploring things for ourselves as individuals? Lessing states “When we are in a group‚ we tend to think as
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Summer Reading Book Review and Share In the town of Sterling‚ county of Grafton‚ State of New Hampshire‚ not a lot happens. But in Jodi Picoult’s story‚ Nineteen Minutes‚ Peter Houghton‚ a seventeen-year-old boy at Sterling High School‚ is lead to make a choice that would leave a mark on the town forever. Peter was expected to follow in his brother Joey’s footsteps. This is never fair. Joey was a kid that everyone liked. He was athletic‚ a straight-A student‚ and people just liked him.
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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 and many people succumb to group ideas. People living
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Whether its dressing differently or making your personality shine‚ many children feel like becoming independent from their parents. However‚ the path to growing up is never an easy one. Shown in Doris Lessings “Through the Tunnel”‚ she recreates this through the eyes of eleven year old Jerry‚ looking to become independent and fit in also seeing the obstacles he has overcame. In her story we see Jerry attempting to become independent from his mother after such a long time of sticking to her side
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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Fiction Novel Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is a novel based on a school shooting in the small town of Sterling‚ but focuses more importantly on the feelings of the main characters‚ Peter Houghton and Josie Cormier‚ who experience insecurities and social acceptance‚ or lack of. The novel explores the damaging effects of bullying‚ peer pressure and the dynamics of group interaction within teenagers in a modern day society. Picoult’s novels are aimed at a
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with. On the other hand is nurture‚ which says a person is formed into the person they are by the environment. This suggests that a person is born with no inborn tendencies and acquire traits off of the setting and the people they are around. In Nineteen Minutes‚ by Jodi Picoult‚ Peter Houghton‚ the main teenage character‚ suddenly snaps. Prior to Peter’s murders‚ he showed no aggression or violence whatsoever. Even his childhood best friend‚ Josie‚ who eventually became a member of the popular crowd
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Doris As Doris has refused medical treatment‚ the legal issue here is whether she has the capacity to refuse surgery on the grounds of her right to private autonomy1. In this case‚ Doris is refusing treatment on the basis that she does not want to lose her hair‚ which she takes great pride in‚ as it is important to her career. Although her reasons for refusal may seem irrational or incomprehensible to some‚ her right of refusal exists regardless2and therefore it cannot be assumed that she lacks
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Reading the story Doris Is Coming made me believe in the story. The realism of it made me realize that even though I don’t believe everything they were stating. I was convinced that the last day on this earth was here‚ that day in that church. The conversations they were having with one another made more since to me. The other story was a bit harder for me to fully understand the scenario of that story. Doris is left to make sense of this world. This story made a very good point from the past history
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