Alice

Alice is the granddaughter in the story “Flight” by Doris Lessing. She is described as a carefree, eighteen-year-old young woman, who is ready to take her next step in life and get married to the young man she is in love with. The author does not provide a detailed physical description of Alice: “Her hair fell down her back in a wave of sunlight; and her long bare legs repeated the angles of the frangipani stems, bare, shining brown stems among patterns of pale blossoms.” (ll. 13-15). This description is particularly important since it shows how her grandfather sees her: a fragile flower, easily breakable, someone who should be protected. 

Alice is similar to her grandfather in many ways. She seems to be just as stubborn as he is. This is noticeable when she does ...