A Sunrise on the Veld, by Dorris Lessing: Questions

Short Fiction: A Sunrise on the Veld, by Doris Lessing 1 L.P.C.I. • ENG 2D1 • 10/7/10

1. What do you make of the title of the story?

2. What type of imagery does the author use to describe the African landscape?

3. How do we know that the main character is not a native African?

4. What significance does the fact that he is white have in the story?

5. Discuss the text as a coming of age story? - What is the protagonist leaving behind?

- Describe the world that the protagonist is entering?

- How does this affect him?

6. Do you find any significant symbols in the story? - Hint: the buck, the ants, the sun, the stones

7. Can this story be read as an allegory? **An allegory has two meanings, one literal meaning and one symbolic meaning.

8. What do you think the story is really about?

9. What would you say is the theme of the story?

WORDS TO KNOW Short Fiction: A Sunrise on the Veld, by Doris Lessing 2 L.P.C.I. • ENG 2D1 • 10/7/10

WORD I THINK IT MEANS DICTIONARY MEANING