flight

Question 1

introduction skeleton

Answer 1

Doris Lessing’s enchanting short story, ‘Flight’, details a Grandfathers difficult journey to acceptance of his granddaughter, Alice, leaving the family home. Lessing’s calculated uses of Sybolism, dialouge and characterisation ,develop the underlying theme of ???????????. This theme is carrried thoughout the story by conflicts caused by the natural passage of time.

Question 2

conflict established

Answer 2

1. “content he rested the bird lightly on his chest”
2. “his mood shifted. He deliberately held out his wrist for the bird to take flight and caught it again the moment it spread its wings”

Question 3

conflict developed

Answer 3

1. “Misery went to his head and he shouted angrily: ‘I’ll tell your mother!’ “
2. ” ‘Tell away!’ she said, laughing, and went back to the gate”

Question 4

conflict resolved

Answer 4

1. “But their faces were no longer set against him. On the wrist of the postmaster’s son balanced a young pigeon, the light gleaming on it’s breast”
2. ” ‘Now you can go’, he said aloud. He held it posied, ready for flight… Then clenched in the pain of loss, he lifted the bird on his wrist and watched it soar”

Question 5

conclusion