1. Explication of Doris Lessing's "A WOMAN ON THE ROOF"
They could see she was just like them but she was a woman and they couldn't accept that. To them she was inviting trouble, sunbathing like that, in a public place, in the nude. ... This sight was especially for me, I mean something to her, that's why I was the one to see her naked". ... Harry reminds Stanley : "If she's married, her old man wouldn't like that " he says. ... He stood beside Stanley, exited, grinning; but felt as if he were saying to the woman: Don't associate me with him, for his grin was apologetic. ...
- Word Count: 4111
- Approx Pages: 16
- Grade Level: High School