They have taught you to appreciate what you have, and know what you have lost. These are some of the topics put forward in the short story “In the National Gallery” by Doris Lessing. We follow the narrator (whose gender is unknown to the reader, though I will assume it is Doris Lessing and therefore refer to the narrator as “she”) into an art gallery. The intention is to sit in the middle of the room and spend an hour just looking at a single painting. This painting turns out to be a painting of
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In the National Gallery (A) In the following paper I’m going to analyse and interpret the short story ‘‘In the National Gallery’’ which is written by Doris Lessing and published in 2007. In the story we are introduced to the narrator who tells about a visit at the National Gallery. The narrator’s name and gender is unknown to the reader, In the beginning at the story we follow the narrator into an art gallery. The narrator’s intention was to sit in the middle of the room and spend an hour just
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In the National Gallery Part A “In the National Gallery” is a novel by Doris Lessing. The novel deals with topics such as memories and love. In the novel we follow an unknown narrator who only intention is to spend a free hour looking at just a single picture. The choice falls on a George Stubbs painting of a chestnut horse. Our main character is drawn to the picture by its beauty, it is described as “that magnificent beast, all power and potency “. After short time an old man and a second
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AIn the National Gallery Memories are small pieces of our life stored and kept in our minds and hearts. We can use these memories to cast light over a day where there has only been darkness, to bring a smile up on our friends faces when they are feeling down, or even to learn from any mistakes we have made in the past. It is like a tool we use to overcome the present time, but some people dwell in the past and use it to hide from their present life, and it is here that problems occur. In the
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In the National Gallery – by Doris Lessing Memories are a central and huge thing in people’s life. You cannot remember them all, but you can neither forget them all. Sometimes a smell, taste or a look at another thing can make them appear again. In the short story In the National Gallery written by Doris Lessing a memory of a childhood love appears in an older man’s head again. By seeing a girl, who looks like one of his further loves, he suddenly remembers how his love was. He suddenly remembers
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”In the National Gallery” Part A ”In the National Gallery” is a short story by Doris Lessing. Some people have already tried déjà vu, by looking at a picture or recognizable person, and it is also the case in this text. The story is also about the relationship between the younger and the older generation, and it shows which sort of respect and thoughts we have about each other. The unknown narrator sits on a bench in a museum, looking at a painting of a chestnut horse by George Stubbs. Suddenly
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pass on. But it does, all the time. Just like the time history environment and existence changes. Doris Lessings short story “In the National Gallery” is a thought-provoking, fascinating and a little bit pessimistic short story about nostalgia, chances/experiences, age difference, the nuances and colours of life and passion. It is told by a first person narrator who is sitting in The National Gallery and observing some events taking place around her by an elderly well-presented man in the sixties
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”In the National Gallery” is a short story written by Doris Lessing in 2007. The story is a about a person visiting in the National Gallery. The main character has decided to spend an hour looking at one special picture. At first the person is sitting quietly studying the picture, but then an elder man enter the room and sits next to the main character. After a little while another man sits down next to the older man, but the second man is younger. As they sit the elder man starts to tell the
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In The National Gallery ”In the National Gallery” is a short story written by Doris Lessing in 2007. The story is a about a person visiting in the National Gallery. The main character has decided to spend an hour looking at one special picture. At first the person is sitting quietly studying the picture, but then an elder man enter the room and sits next to the main character. After a little while another man sits down next to the older man, but the second man is younger. As they sit the elder
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In the National Gallery The short story “In the National Gallery” by Doris Lessing where we follow the main characters who observe a special event taking place between a man and a French girl in the gallery. The main character is an: I narrator whom we not get his name or age of. He is having a free hour, so he spending it to watch a well-know painting. He sits down on a bench to watch the painting Whistlejacket by George Stubbs in distance. A man sits next to him and start to gaze at the painting
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