... , Lessing progressively describes the different views the character has of her surroundings - such as the starkness of her white house, the big and "wild" garden, and finally "Room 19" to demonstrate how these settings influence her troublesome emotional status. At the onset of the story, Susan Rawling lives in a large, white, and gardened house. Although one may possibly infer her husband and ... comfortable, scarcely can the reader find any detailed description of both the house and the furniture this house is bound to have inside. Along the story, many are the passages where the reade...

• Word Count: 1003
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... , Lessing progressively describes the different views the character has of her surroundings - such as the starkness of her white house, the big and "wild" garden, and finally "Room 19" to demonstrate how these settings influence her troublesome emotional status. At the onset of the story, Susan Rawling lives in a large, white, and gardened house. Although one may possibly infer her husband and ... comfortable, scarcely can the reader find any detailed description of both the house and the furniture this house is bound to have inside. Along the story, many are the passages where the reade...

• Word Count: 994
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... All the Time , Jane Baum was quite the unusal character. She had a mental problem because she could not get used to living on a open farm where she lived because she was accustomed to living in a large city. "Jane was terrified of everything, from the animals attacking her, the chickens at night and ... condition worsened and she eventually breaks down and goes on a killing spree, because she is convinced that everyone is out to get her. Along with characters the setting that the characters are in must be realistic. The reader must be convinced that this story had already happened ... of...

• Word Count: 1475
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... wide reception of Mistry's fiction set in the milieu of a minority religious community and focused on Indian political events does raise some questions. First, are Western readers just plain curious about the Parsis? After all, they are probably most widely known for a single practice ... likable and sometimes not, humans who grapple with spiritual questions, feelings of alienation, the terror of death, economic worries, and family friction. At least that is the way the stories appear to an outsider; of course, I am not qualified to speculate on how the Parsi reader might react. Amin Mal...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... wide reception of Mistry's fiction set in the milieu of a minority religious community and focused on Indian political events does raise some questions. First, are Western readers just plain curious about the Parsis? After all, they are probably most widely known for a single practice ... likable and sometimes not, humans who grapple with spiritual questions, feelings of alienation, the terror of death, economic worries, and family friction. At least that is the way the stories appear to an outsider; of course, I am not qualified to speculate on how the Parsi reader might react. Amin Mal...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate