DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2023.v11i02.001

Pages: 23-28

The Summer before the Dark is an important work of Doris Lessing, a famous British writer. The novel describes the middle-aged woman Kate, after leaving her home, while experiencing new things in the move, while searching for her lost self-identity for many years and re-examining her self-worth. Kate's summer trip is not only a physical mobile trip in reality, but also a spiritual self-salvation trip. With the help of mobility theory, this paper analyzes the relationship between Kate's mobility experience and the construction of her identity, and reveals the importance of improving mobility for women's identity.