![]() Looking at a gathering of people on the steps of the Socrates’ veranda, Martha remembers “with shame the brash and easy way she had said to Joss that she repudiated race prejudice for the fact was, she could not remember a time when she had not thought of people in terms of groups, nations, or color of skin first, and as people afterwards.” (p. ![]() How does Lessing’s writing-its language, its focus, its rhythms-change from one setting to the next? What does this reveal about Martha-and about Lessing herself? What kinds of issues do Martha and her mother differ on? To what extent are these differences generational, and to what extent are they personal?Ĭompare the scenes that take place in nature, on the farm and veldt, with those set in town. ![]() Martha Quest examines the conflicts that occur between mothers and daughters.
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