THE NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE OF DORIS LESSING’S TO ROOM NINETEEN AND ITS EFFECTS

The short story, To Room Nineteen, created by British writer, Doris Lessing, mainly tells the story concerning the difficulties encountered by the protagonist, Susan, in her life, and she tries her best to solve the difficulties, but, at last, she has no choice but to end the pain through suicide. The theme reflected in the story is thought-provoking to its readers and is worth analyzing. In the field of narratology, narrative perspective reflects how a story is constructed, which also, to some extent, reflects the writing techniques of a writer. Therefore, the author of this paper believes that the analysis of the narrative perspective and its effects are of great significance in the interpretation of the story, To Room Nineteen.