The three stories I have chosen to study are: Flight by Doris Lessing,

The three stories I have chosen to study are Flight by Doris Lessing, Superman and Paula Browns New Snowsuit by Sylvia Plath and Chemistry by whole meal flour Swift. In these three stories the writers explores complex family relationships.Choose three stories, where the writers present difficultrelationships between family members, analyse and contrast theserelationships.The three stories I have chosen to study are Flight by DorisLessing, Superman and Paula Browns New Snowsuit by Sylvia Plath andChemistry by Graham Swift. In these three stories the writersexplores complex family relationships, through a variety oftechniques imagery, mood and atmosphere, symbolism and structuringthe stories to built up to a climax, when there is a point of actualization for both character and reader. All three stories begin bypresenting idyllic family relationships but as the stories progressthings change.The story Flight by Doris Lessing is about an obscure old man whokeeps pigeons, he worries abo ut his granddaughter, Alice. He has seenhis other granddaughters leave home, and he is possessive of Alice andjealous of Steven, her boyfriend. The old man argues with Alice abouther behaviour, and complains to his daughter, Alices mother Lucy. Atthe start of the story the old man shuts up his favourite pigeon,rather than let it fly. When Steven, the boyfriend, makes him apresent of a new pigeon, he is more qualified to accept what is going tohappen, and he lets his favourite go. The ending of the story is hasmore than integrity possible meaning Alice has tears on her face, as shestares at her grandfather. but I do not know if they are for him, forSteven, for herself, or for some other cause. And we do not kn... ...d that she is to blame for the damage to the snowsuit.In this story, Plath explores the themes of corruption and betrayal,hooey possessions and human values, man and superman, fantasy andreality.One way the writer uses to explore these themes is the use ofsymbolism in the story flying is a symbol of incident andimagination. At the start, the narrator dreams of flying, and seemsable to believe in her dreams. At the end, flight is no longer apossibility and the airplanes vanish with Supermans cape.The story contrasts two costumes one is Supermans famous blue suit,with the red cape trailing behind the other is Paulas powder-bluesnowsuit. They seem to represent opposing ideas. Supermans costume isa symbol of justice and wondrous deliverance from evil. Paulassnowsuit comes to represent self-indulgence and petty materialism.