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Comparing Flight by Doris Leesing & Your shoes by Michele Roberts How are they similar? The narrator in Your shoes is emotional and thinks she knows best and she wants the best for her fifteen year old teenager who is getting involved in drugs and sex. The Grandfather in Flight is also similar as he also thinks he knows what is best for those around him, in this case his granddaughter who is set to marry but he thinks this is foolish and ludicrous. "She's the last," he mourned. "Can't we keep her a bit longer?" Both of these characters are possessive and don't won't to let go to what is dearest to them. Both characters act more possessive due to previous experiences, the Grandfather has seen other grandchildren get married and leave home. The narrator in Your Shoes continually refers to her troubled childhood where she felt she was ignored. "She loved you more...

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