Group Minds by Doris Lessing

The article “Group Mind” by Doris Lessing was about people wanting to be in groups. A group is several people with a common interest. Being in a group gives us a sense of belonging; people out there being just like us. Lessing says; “We tend to think the way the group does: may even joined the group to find “like minded” people” (Lessing 357). This is because if we see other people in the world that are like us, then we will feel more wanted.

Lessing sets up an experiment to prove her point. Most people said that they are their own person and wouldn’t give into the group. But as Lessing saw, people did exactly what every one else in the group did. Why? Because we want people in the group to like us, so we tend to think like they do.

An example of this from my own life would be from my high school days. My friends and I always got made fun of because of our looks. We weren’t in the popular crowd by any means but we were the “geek squad” either. We were the people in the middle that whatever side needed us; we would join that side and help them out. But because we did this, our classmates would call us names and tell