Summary

“Flight” by Doris Lessing is a short story about an elderly man, who raises pigeons. He lives with his daughter Lucy, his son-in-law, and their youngest daughter Alice. The grandfather is upset that Alice is seeing a young man named Steven, even though he knows that Steven is from a good family. He starts an argument with Alice about her behavior around Steven and threatens to tell Lucy about it.

The grandfather complains to Lucy about Alice’s behavior, and Lucy quickly reminds him that she was a year younger than Alice when she got married. Lucy reveals that Alice and Steven will be married within a month. This upsets the old man, who is worried that Alice will end up losing her charm as she becomes a married woman. Lucy asks her father to l...