"A Sunrise on the Veld" and Lessing's Life The story, "A Sunrise on the Veld," written by Doris Lessing, takes place in Africa, as do many other novels and short stories written by Lessing. Most of Lessings works are autobiographical and reflect the background of her ver...

In Dorothy Lessing's, "To Room Nineteen" and in Willa Cather's, "Paul's Case" the protagonists, Susan Rawlings and Paul, respectively live two livesâ€"the physical self and the "other" self. The latter is what governs their every day motivationsâ€"th...

The Concern With Individualism and Freedom in Martha Quest According to Paul Schlueter, the novels of Doris Lessing tend to give her characters a personal commitment that will in turn provide the means for the individual to purposefully identify with others and to the world. This commitmen...

Briefing For A Descent Into Hell By Doris Lessing Taken from the novel, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, the quote, "...in pulsing dark, crouched, I holding on, clutching tight, ...rocking, somewhere behind the gate, ...and a dark red clotting light and pressure and pain and then OUT in...

Obedience Blindly obeying authority often results In disobedience to one's personal morality. Since rules were established and exist for the common interests of the general population, some would say adhering to the rules is obedient. Contrary to popular belief, disobedience does not ce...

Most of us obey every day without a thought. People follow company dress code, state and federal laws and the assumed rules of courtesy. Those who do disobey are usually frowned upon or possibly even reprimanded. But has it even occurred to you that in some cases, disobedience may be the better cour...

The Antheap The Antheap by Doris Lessing is a story of the struggles between two boys who are growing up in Africa and learn to deal with the racism in their lives. I like Lessing's use of words, especially the way in which she describes the pit. This is a great story that she tells and it...

In the essay My Father by author Doris Lessing, Lessing writes I've written about my father before but it did not have to be true and writing this article for her she says would be difficult because it had to be true. She talks of him as being an officer in the 1914-18 war, handsome, dark stan...

ENLIGHTENED JEWS Moses Mendelssohn, who was born in 1729 in central Germany, came from a poor Jewish family. He was fortunate to get a traditional Jewish education with some philosophical input. At age fourteen, he moved to Berlin to continue studying with his rabbi. While in Berlin he lea...

In order to accomplish or gain something one normally has to pass a challenge that may require many different qualities. Throughout the short story, "Brothers Are The Same" by Beryl Markham, a young Masai boy, Temas, is in conflict with his own self-thoughts. He's not sure he can accomplish h...

It has been said that as long as the human species is in a living state conformity shall be part of how human society functions and part of man's natural tendencies. The more people already agree upon or share a particular idea, the more easily a newcomer will in turn be converted to that id...

"Through the Tunnel", by Doris Lessing is a story about a boy named Jerry, and how he matures over time. Jerry wanted to be included in a group of older boys. He thought they would accept him if he could swim through a tunnel underwater. For Jerry, movement through the tunnel is a passage ...

The different motivations of two authors to become professionals and have great careers in their lives. Many people have changed their lives because of something that made them sad or very depressed. The author of "Another Writer's Beginnings" which was R. A. Sasaki compare to the author of "Th...

Rose Colored Glasses The love that a woman can possess towards a man can be the strongest love that she will ever know. However, many women confuse love with adoration. This confusion can lead to heartache and a life of submission. When a woman adores a man, she is viewing him through rose-co...

The Awakening Much has been written about Kate Chopin's defiant women, however, very little has been written about Chopin's defiant men (Brown). Some of these characters have experiences that parallel those of the women. Just as a woman in an intimate moment with a man awakens to an ...

"What is going on around me; is my mind focused on reality or is it in an illusionary state?" When dealing with real situations, awareness is an important concept of life. Many times circumstances in life may have huge impacts on individuals and their lives. It could cause minds to escape ...

The storeys that I will be righting about all have children in. The pieces I have decided to Wright about are The living, Through the tunnel, A message from the pig man. Through the tunnel is written by Doris lessing it is about a young boy of eleven how goes on holiday with his mum. This piece is a...

In the eighteenth century, there was considerable diversity and disagreement among those known as "philosophers," in particular such individuals as Voltiare, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and the Encyclopedists, especially Diderot, and those who stood in the "enlightened" tradition of t...

Until Death Do Us Part Everybody has a time in their life when they just need to be alone. Whether it's to think about life, or free themselves from their daily stress, isolation from the world may well be a necessary thing. In To Room Nineteen by Doris Lessing, the character Susan craves f...

How much do you really love something? In the story "Flight," by Doris Lessing, we see how much Grandad loves his granddaughter, and how he doesn't want to give her up to someone else. The grandfather has to learn to let his granddaughter go. Alice, the granddaughter, has fallen in ...

Conflict is an integral part of a literary work. Many authors use conflict as a technique to help the reader feel exactly what the character is going through in he/she's internal battles and struggles. Both of the fictional pieces, "The Fifth Child" by Doris Lessing and "'...

"The Fifth Child" In "The Fifth Child," Lessing contrasts society's idea of an "ideal" family to the "real" dysfunctional family in our everyday lives. Harriet and David's dream was to have the "ideal" family. They made the mista...

Scholars do not operate in a vacuum, but within the frameworks of their communities, traditions, commitments, and beliefs. Their scholarship, even when specialized, develops within a larger picture of reality. So we must ask: What is in that larger picture? Is there a place for God? If so, does God'...

In many works of literature, a young person gains new insight as a result of a specific incident which occurs as he or she is growing up. "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing and "Shaving" by Leslie Norris. In these short ...

In the story, Doris Lessing makes extensive use of imagery and symbolism to present to the reader the painful conflict that is disturbing the relationship between an old man and his favourite granddaughter, Alice. Alice is obviously likened to the favourite pigeon. The old man can keep the bird in ...