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

Rose is a young adult when her mother is killed by a lorry truck. Rose and her mother haven't seen eye-to-eye on everything, though they are very much alike. Almost immediately after her mother's death, Rose sets out to remake the home she shares with her father to be the way she wants. She also breaks off her engagement, though she admits to being confused about the reason for that decision. Rose is a complex character in that she refuses her father's offer that she quit work and stay at home to take care of the housework and other chores, saying that she desires her financial independence. She does, however, remain cloistered away in her father's house until a bombing destroys the building and forces her to move. Even then, it takes the prodding of another person to make her abandon the building. This tendency to desire independence while remaining so co-dependent is not explained.