Comparing Stories Your Shoes versus Flight versus Chemistry :: Doris Lessing Michele Roberts Graham Swift

Explore how conflict betwixt two characters is communicated in the short stories studied.IntroductionThe short stories I commit chosen to focus on for this essay are Flight by Doris Lessing and Your Shoes by Michele Roberts. I will briefly refer to a third, Graham Swifts Chemistry. I will commemorate the characters hope for control or continuity which conflicts with the choices or sense of independence of another character also, the theme of the generation orifice and imagery, dialogue to convey conflict or a sense of dread by the characters.DevelopmentIn Flight the grandfathers character portrays a desire to maintain the continuity of the family by trying to show his control everywhere his daughter, in the text it states that he c everyed his daughter a Liar, liar. and so you should regret it. Why do you accept your girls marry? Its you who do it. What do you do it for? Why? The Grandfathers is trying to make his daughter feel the guilty one for the familys split, the loss of all that was dear to them, especially him and now they will all be gone. all Alice left but, soon to flee the nest, his nest.In Your Shoes the mother is exempt trying to clutch control of the situation, making excuses for her daughters departure, trying to justify her reasoning by, putting the blame on happenings that where out of her control. The text states, your father didnt mean it when he told you those things the other night and called you a dirty slut. two stories are similar with the use of imagery, in Flight the grandfather uses a pigeon and in Your Shoes the mother uses a pair of new bloodless training shoes (trainers) both symbolising purity, precious and need looking for after, taking care of, protecting from the evils of the outside world. But, they are both wake in doing this that they need to be controlled for their own safety, they are still in any case young to take this journey on their own. Both of these characters are possessive case and dont want to let go what is dearest to them. Both characters act more possessive due to previous experiences, the Grandfather has seen other Grandchildren get unite and leave home. The mother in Your Shoes continually refers to her troubled childishness where she felt she was ignored. In Flight, the Grandfather shows his control over the madam by deliberately holding out his wrist for the bird to take flight and then caught it again at the moment it spread its wings.