Anaylses of Doris Lessing text

Doris Lessing is a South African born Novelist and she has lived in Britain since the 1940’s. She is well known for her political views especially, her views on the anti-apartheid.
This story is situated in a foreign country and it revolves around two main characters, a Mother and a son. The story relates to the challenges that the son sets for himself, and how he has to overcome them to prove his own manhood.
The boy and his Mother set off on the first morning of their holiday. When passing a rocky beach the young boy becomes entranced by the adventures it holds, and is more interested in exploring it, than going with his mother to the over crowded beach on the other side of the bay. Although he feels obliged to stay with his mother, to make sure that she is safeguarded. This is probably due to the fact that they are a one parent family, and he has grown up looking after his mother’s emotional welfare.
“The boy watched that white, naked arm, and turned his eye...