Doris Lessin No witchcraft for sale

No Witchcraft for Sale
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Doris Lessing
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This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quiz, text slides and 2 videos.

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No Witchcraft for Sale
by 
Doris Lessing

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What do you know about witchcraft in Africa?

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Conflict
External: Gideon vs the scientists

Internal: Choosing between being loyal to you heritage vs loyal to your master

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Themes
  • Relationships: how power and social order is dependent on skin colour
  • Cultural differences . Ex: native herbal medicine vs the whites science. Teddy's potential blindnes is symbolic of  the blindnes of the South African whites towards the natives.
  • Growing up and growing apart-> Teddy and Gideon
  • Trust: how power affects relationships

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Explore the story independently by answering the questions on  pages 17+18 of your reader
(listen to a recording of the story in Teams)

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