The Reaction to Grass is Singing
Doris Lessing was born in1919to a colonial officer in Kermanshah,in what is now western Iran.She experienced a vagrant life,and finally won numerous awards,such as the Nobel Prize for Literature,the Maugham Prize,the National Prize for European Literature,the Smith Prize and so on.
"The Grass Is Singing"can be said to be Doris Lessing's first masterpiece.She moved to England with her young son in1949,with nothing but a draft of her novel. Fortunately,the book was published soon after as The Grass Is Singing(1950).The book describes a downtrodden black servant's revenge on his mistress,which lasts for several years.Unsurprisingly,the book touches on many themes,including racial discrimination,wealth gap,gender inequality,human hypocrisy and so on.Among them,racial discrimination is the most important theme.The heroine,Mary,was born in an unhappy family.Later,she became a successful person who did not need to worry about her own life through her10years of work.Moreover,in her naive opinion,her friends like her very much and they like to turn to her for help.But they believe she needs to get married to complete her life.So Mary had the idea of getting married.Later,Mary married Dick,a poor farmer.Dick had a fertile100-acre farm,but he didn't make any money because he always gave up halfway.On the farm, Dick had nearly100black slaves working for him.So Mary had to approach them.But Mary's bad behavior to the black slaves brought Dick a lot of trou
dorisble,and their marriage was extremely unhappy.In the end,a slave who had been whipped by Mary killed her with a knife.
Mary,who could have been living a prosperous life all the time,made hasty plans to get married because of her friends'sneers.It was the beginning of her unhappy life. Mary was vain and haughty about black slaves,believing they were no different from animals.And her marriage with Dick is also because of her sympathy for Dick,love. Most of all,she always carried herself in a triumphant manner with Dick,which gave her great satisfaction.Her cruel treatment of Moses,the manservant,foreshadowed her misfortunes.And Moses worked at Mary's house for years so that he could get
back at her.From mind to body,he destroyed her step by step.Finally,he has given up the struggle,also waiting for the fate of the judgment.
After reading several books,it is not hard to see that Doris Lessing's work focuses on several themes:racism,sexism and marital unhappiness.In the book,Tony,who appears at the end,is very concerned about racism,which I think is a wake-up call to racist people.But whenever Tony spoke about the issue,they ignored it,proving that they were deeply rooted in the idea of black slavery.As a"fe
minist",Doris Lessing has always stood up for women's rights.Once women get married,it seems that they should become men's accessories.Take care of her husband and raise her son at home all day.
The road to the rights of women and of discriminated races is slow and long,and requires constant effort.

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