Language

Style of language

The story “Flight” by Doris Lessing is written using reader-friendly language. The narration uses standard spellings, without slang, or contractions. For example: “She was gazing past the pink flowers, past the railway cottage where they lived, along the road to the village.” (ll. 16-17)

At the beginning of the story the grandfather is presented as a happy individual who enjoys being around his pets. The author has chosen several positive words to describe him in that situation, some of these are: “sunlight” (l.2), “small rainbows” (l.2), “pretty” (l.6), “lightly on his chest” (ll.7-8). The use of these words suggests that the grandfather is happy and enjoying his time with the animals. 

In contrast, we have the next section of the text, where the old man is angry and upset ...