What Is The Mood Of The Poem Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood uses symbolism and tone to show the destruction that civilization has brought to the lives of natives and to nature itself. Throughout the poem you can tell that Margret is upset about how Indian tribes were hunted down and forced to leave their homes. In this poem Margaret Atwood uses symbolism to represent the animal’s reasons for being in the poem. In the beginning in says “In that country the animals have the faces of people:” The word animals used in this line represents the Indians in there native lands. With the line following up as “the ceremonial cats possessing the streets.” From this line it establishes the ones in power known as the English settlers. Further down in the poem it talks about bulls getting killed