Doris Lessing No witchcraft for sale

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Friday, 29 January 2021

Very short meeting today, because most of the work will be done by you!

1) Extra lesson at school to practise for the listening test (today at 15.15 in room 0.28) 

2) Introduction to "No Witchcraft for Sale" - Doris Lessing

--> up to you: listen to the recording (see Teams) and make notes

Short Stories

1) The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen

2) Sixteen

3) No Witchcraft for sale

No Witchcraft for Sale

by 

Doris Lessing

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What do you know about witchcraft in Africa?

Conflict

External: Gideon vs the scientists

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

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

Explore the story independently by answering the questions on  pages 17+18 of your reader

(listen to a recording of the story in Teams)

No Witchcraft For Sale

You have listened to the recording

Now, we'll discuss the story.

Goal: You understand the story and can analyse it.

No Witchcraft for Sale is written by whom?

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Write down everything you know about Doris Lessing

Explain the TITLE of the story

What is the story's THEME(S)?

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

What is the story's SETTING?

What's the story's POINT OF VIEW?

Question:

What is the message of the story? 

Question:

Doris Lessing’s message in this story is that people belonging to different cultures have different approaches to health, but that this does not mean one approach is correct and the other is wrong

Assignment:

-answer the questions (1 until 12) on page 17-18

-upload them in Teams - opdrachten