The_Summer_Before_The_Dark

The Summer Before The Dark “The Summer Before The Dark” By: Doris Lessing Kate Brown is the typical mother of four children, and the ideal wife. She describes her life as “an ordinary life which I have been living with regrets of not having done everything I would have dreamed to do”. By the way she describes it, I think her life, as a middle class person, has fallen into the routine of serving her husband and children, mostly forgetting about her need and wants. Also, I think that this is one of the most common problems that happens to any women about Kate’s age, 45 years old. That is why there is not equality among sexes in our society, because woman are visualize as the ones that should serve to their families and others. Kate’s feelings towards this situation made her feel abandoned, forgotten, and worthless. Kate lives in London with her family, but she grew up in Portugal with her grandfather. She is really good at languages, she knows English, Italian, and is perfect in Portuguese. Thanks for her knowledge of language the summer, which she was going to spend alone in Boston, she got hired for a job as an interpreter at Global Foods Organizations. I summer, before, dark, feel, think, because, feelings, about, really, made, job, important, felt, every, always, trying, herself, going, working, woman, way, tries, time, something, situation, person, one, mixed, michael, marriage, making, life, less, last, knowledge, kate’s, jeffrey