ENGL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Existential Crisis, The Younger Generation, Doris Lessing
12 Aug 2016
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The feminists go swimming by michael collins (continued from lecture 2) Women humiliate men so the men threaten them rather than just saying names. Men call the feminists lesbians : ignorance, tradition breaking. These women are breaking tradition just like women marrying women does the same thing. Seeing the wold in black and white. Not with us then against us (men) Tradition of church going downward in popularity: book ends the story, mention being able to purchase a church. Language is power: men have power to dictate the truth, women are not mentioned. Men have to swim but women have no choice as to if they swim or not. All younger men die two men: the younger generation may have accepted the change that the women wanted. Image of the 1950"s: suits, 2. 5 children, homemaker, material wealth, like this at the beginning of the story, the couple agrees to fit this model.
