Doris Lessing The Real Thing Essay

Literary Criticism: “Through the Tunnel” Most people have never considered risking their lives to accomplish something out of pure determination. In the short story, “Through the Tunnel”, by Doris Lessing, the main character is Jerry, a young boy on vacation. Jerry loves to swim, but he gets sick of the same old, crowded, “safe” beach. Jerry tries a new place, filled with new and interesting adventures. After careful preparation, he accomplishes a potentially life defying adventure. Jerry is a…

“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…

Of Obedience,” Doris Lessing “Group Minds” and Jim Jones “Jonestown The Peoples Temple.” We have to examine this information in hopes of understanding or at least be able to draw our own theories that can be supported and proven on this subject. The first theory I read was a piece…

The Painful Tunnel to Achieve Maturity. Archetypal Criticism can be defined as a universal approach that highlights certain patterns within literature uninfluenced by situation, community or culture. In Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing, the characters are categorized into typical roles based on their actions and roles in the story. This enhances the readers’ understanding of the characters’ goals and source of motivation. In addition, symbolic archetypes are attained through the symbols and…

“A Sunrise on the Veld”, written by Doris Lessing is a coming of age story about a boy who goes comes to the harsh realization that all things living, including himself, must die. Lessing uses the incident that triggered the boys realization as a lesson that all things must come to an end, and letting go of the things in life that we cannot control… more specifically, death. The elements Lessing uses to accomplish this realization and lesson are time…

IS ABNORMAL CHILD SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF A MOTHER? THE FIFTH CHILD: DISCUSSION ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF A MOTHER WITH ABNORMAL CHILD How many of us have seen in our surrounding a father sitting a baby? Naturally, very few. Moreover, what would be the scenario if the child is born with abnormalities? Then the number becomes even more negligible. We live in so-called civilized society where people are embarrassed to accept the children with abnormalities physical, mental or sexual. Society has…

The novel, The Summer before the Dark is an optimistic novel of Doris Lessing as it traces the protagonist’s (Kate Brown) journey from darkness to light. Kate Brown is an extremely talented, intelligent woman who rebels against the stereotypical standards set by the suppressive society on women. Every journey that she undertakes is shown as a stepping stone to find her real ‘self’. She attempts to search her identity through dreams and languages. Her family has always enjoyed her services as…

“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…

personalities which shape someone to who they are. A personality can ultimately determine the type of person someone is. In “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and “The Golden Notebook” by Doris Lessing demonstrate how a personality can be shown through colours, animals and nature, and how they have an ultimate effect on dreams. “Identity” is a very strong word that defines a person on who they are and what they stand…

teachers are required to wear dress clothes, doctors wear their scrubs, police wear their actual uniforms. Students come to school weary whatever feels comfortable to them, having a school uniform will better help help a young adult prepare for the real world of what to wear, making it easier for them to adjust(Importance of School…