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Who is Hamish Anderson from Stories and what is their importance? Stories_(Lessing) English & Literature Hamish Anderson | Stories

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A young British doctor who travels in Germany with his girlfriend, Dr. Mary Parish. Hamish quickly feels ill at ease in the country and wants to leave. He's very angry with the treatment of the mentally ill in the hospital he visits. Hamish is something of snob, and both he and Mary tend to judge quickly and harshly, though he realizes that this isn't a good tendency and that his judgments are not always correct or fair.