This essay is an objective essay on the book Prisons We Choose to Live Inside by Dorris Lessing. It outlines the main themes found within the book.

In the process of growing older we find ourselves developing certain thoughts and ideas which are often forced upon us by other individuals or groups. In Dorris Lessing's Prisons We Choose To Live Inside she brings up a valuable point being that humans have the most trouble resisting the influence of a group. It is often found that in order to successfully convert a human into the "social or group animal" they must go through …

…back into the group. Due to the many arguments stated in Lessing's book we are forced to notice that the impact of groups on our society will never change. However social change is possible it happens slowly and a little too slowly to notice or to help. Although humans will always strive to achieve their own identity they are always set back into a group mindset and pushed right back where they started from.