Doris Lessing

The theme of the short story "The Old Chief Mshlanga" is how children learn about the differences between individuals and racial categories.

In "A Sunrise on the Veld," the boy's self-awareness evolves from a belief in his dominance over the world to a realization of life's fragility and his own responsibilities. Initially, he feels...

Lessing is able to show these aspects of her culture through the eyes of her white protagonist, who learns from an encounter with natives in Africa how she has been culturally indoctrinated by her...

Doris Lessing employs characterization in "The Black Madonna" to explore her characters’ dreams, nightmares, social and political realities, and their responses to these elements. Her characters are...

The narrator describes white farms as largely unused, with sparse cultivated patches, characterized by a "gaunt and violent landscape" of thorn trees, rocky outcrops, and mealie stalks....

The story does not, in my view, express a Marxist ideology. It does however refer to the economic conditions of the time and place.

In Doris Lessing's "Through the Tunnel," the best synonym for "incredulous" is "disbelieving" or "unbelieving." The context in the story suggests that the narrator initially cannot believe how long...

The generated response correctly identifies ways in which Doris Lessing’s The Diaries of Jane Somers addresses aging and gender-based ageism. Jane’s relationship with Maudie stands at the center of...