Free And The Plight Of Women And A Way Out

One's inner world is always the focus of literary works. In modern times the psychological moment can indeed reflect people's real situation.Doris Lessing all-round ascertains in the The Golden notebook a western modern woman who is in a dilemma. The novel manifests that a modern woman are between two fires, which cools down the fever of pursuing to be a free woman. There is no doubt that Doris Lessing are aware of all sorts of difficult the free women are faced with. But she doesn't explicitly point out the way out of the current situation and how to make the real freedom come true. This paper applies related theory of Erich Fromm who is American temporary famous psychologist and sociologist, analyses the free women's dilemma which is refracted by the figure of Anna in The Golden notebook, and try hard to search after the outlet for the free women to get out of the dilemma. The text of this paper consists of three parts as follows:The part one traces back to the fundamental conception of "freedom" and introduces the concept of Fromm about liberty. At the same time the author analyzed from the psychology angle the color image about four notebooks which are named after the four colors: red, black, yellow, blue. The part two narrates that Anna is faced with all sorts of difficult which concludes political conviction and creative action, applies Fromm's theory about dream to analysize Anna's intellectual crisis. The chapter three looks up the out way for free women. Breaking through the shackles of habit and getting rid of the marriage bound doesn't guarantee one own freedom. One can drive off in the reverse direction. Modern women should not be antagonistic to the man but mix together themselves and male sex , the whole society by cherish and spontaneous activity, they should pursue senior grade freedom with the blending between woman and man ,with the development of society.