<p>Short Fiction: A Sunrise on the Veld, by Doris Lessing 1 L.P.C.I. • ENG 2D1 • 10/7/10</p><p>1. What do you make of the title of the story?</p><p>2. What type of imagery does the author use to describe the African landscape?</p><p>3. How do we know that the main character is not a native African?</p><p>4. What significance does the fact that he is white have in the story?</p><p>5. Discuss the text as a coming of age story? - What is the protagonist leaving behind?</p><p>- Describe the world that the protagonist is entering?</p><p>- How does this affect him?</p><p>6. Do you find any significant symbols in the story? - Hint: the buck, the ants, the sun, the stones</p><p>7. Can this story be read as an allegory? **An allegory has two meanings, one literal meaning and one symbolic meaning.</p><p>8. What do you think the story is really about?</p><p>9. What would you say is the theme of the story? </p><p>WORDS TO KNOW Short Fiction: A Sunrise on the Veld, by Doris Lessing 2 L.P.C.I. • ENG 2D1 • 10/7/10</p><p>WORD I THINK IT MEANS DICTIONARY MEANING</p>