Abstract  The thesis analyzes the reasons of miserable fate of Ben in The Fifth Child from the perspective of close reading。 The thesis is composed of four chapters。 Chapter one simply introduces Doris Lessing and her works。 Then, it tells main characters of the book and the study significance。 Chapter two presents the study at home and abroad on The Fifth Child。 Chapter three mainly analyzes Ben’s relationship with the others which is the reason that he goes into the wrong way。 Chapter four concludes Ben’s sufferings and appeals others to pay more attention to those children who suffer from unfair treatment。 92582

Through the analysis of Ben’s unfortunate fate, people will get a better understanding of factors a child needs in his growth process and how to treat the outcast of our society in a correct way in an ordinary life。

Keywords: Ben; The Fifth Child; miserable fate

摘要  本文从文本细读的角度来分析《第五个孩子》中班悲惨命运的成因。国内外学者们专注于研究这部作品所体现的女性主义和使用的叙述手法上，鲜有人关注主人公班的不幸遭遇和探索其悲惨命运的成因，因此本文探索造成班的悲惨命运背后的原因。本文分为4个章节：第一个章节简要地介绍了多丽丝•莱辛和她的作品,以及这本书的主要人物及这篇论文的研究意义。第二部分是文献综述。第三部分则是分析班和身边人的关系。最后一部分总结了班的悲惨命运以及给人的启发。本文希望借助班的悲惨命运成因的分析引起人们对于儿童身心健康的重视。源F于K优B尔C论V文N网WwW.youeRw.com 原文+QQ752^018766

毕业论文关键词：班；《第五个孩子》；悲惨命运

Contents

1。 Introduction 1

1。1 Doris Lessing and her works 1

1。2 Main characters in the book and the study significance 2

2。 Literature Review 3

3。 Exploring Ben’s Tragic Fate: Ben's Relationship with the Others around Him 4

3。1 Ben’s relationship with his parents 4

3。2 Ben’s relationship with his relatives 7

3。3 Ben’s relationship with his teachers 8

3。4 Ben’s relationship with his peers 9

4。 Conclusion 10

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1。 Introduction 

1。1 Doris Lessing and her works来自优O尔P论R文T网WWw.YoueRw.com 加QQ7520`18766

     Doris Lessing is considered as one of the greatest female writers in the 20th century and in 2007 she was rewarded the Nobel Prize for Literature which is the highest award in literature field。 Her works are often concerned with female survival and the hard search for self-identity。 In her opinion, she thinks her heroines are a typical symbol of the disappeared women in western society in the early times of 20th century。 However, Doris Lessing herself does not hold the view that she is a novelist who pays much attention to feminism and politics while lots of critics of modernism and feminism see her as their representative。 One of her masterpieces The Grass Is Singing can be easily found the evidence that reflects her feminism and postcolonial viewpoint which she once talked about in her biography “t[T]he topics they usually talked about was always about British current affairs,African situations and issues of race。”(Lessing skin 19)。