The short story “Hairball” by Margaret Atwood is about a middle-aged woman named Kat. Overtime Kat has created a seemingly strong and impenetrable exterior‚ but as her life begins to disintegrate readers start to realize that the strong exterior is just a façade created to protect her weak and fragile interior. Kat’s façade starts to unravel at the point she undergoes significant personal losses; in fact‚ the losses go so far as to include her own identity or lack thereof. “Hairball” opens on the
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Fido or Kitty? In ancient Egypt‚ they held cats up high for poise and grace; they even had a goddess cat‚ named Bast (Bastet). When Egyptians lost their cat‚ they would mourn as if they lost a family member. To kill a cat‚ even accidentally‚ was an automatic death sentence. Cats were believed to be guardians of the gates of hell‚ and to prevent demons‚ ghouls‚ and spirits from escaping‚ and prevent them from entering homes of humans. So why people find this animal cute‚ adorable‚ and friendly
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Book Overview The book Orbiting the Giant Hairball was written by Gordon MacKenzie in 1996. Originally self-published the book became a business "cult classic". Gordon was an employee of Hallmark Cards for 30 years‚ where he inspired his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to “orbit” - to a mode of dreaming‚ daring‚ and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. As a testament to his career and the level of creativity he maintained
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Nobel Prize” and Margaret Atwood’s “Spotty-handed Villainess”‚ fundamentally highlight the significance of language and learning as a means to encourage and advocate social change within its audience- primarily through the speeches’ clever use of rhetorical devices. Doris Lessing’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech is one of incredible sentimentality as it highlights emphatically the absolute necessity of education‚ attempting to pursue greater equality and accessibility
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One particularly upfront connection between Moodie’s Moodie and Atwood’s Moodie is that of language. Although the subject of language comes up in considerably different ways language is still an important theme in both pieces of work. Susanna Moodie’s Roughing it in the Bush is meant to be a means for conveying her animosity towards the land agents. These land agents convinced her‚ and many English people like alike‚ to emigrate and give up life in England in favour of a life of supposed riches in
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Re (claim) of Identity: A Feministic Perspective on Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace Margaret Atwood has published many volumes of poetry and short stories‚ but is best known as a novelist. Her Alias Grace (1996) is one of several novels focusing on women’s issues. Initially‚ Margaret Atwood’s all leading characters are victims of quest of survival but their quest of survival make them able to face the challenges of their life. As a result‚ in her world of fiction quest of survival is agony for the
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In Margaret Atwood’s poem You Begin‚ we are given the sense that she is trying to explain something to us. She describes to us seemingly random objects and how they are perceived as if trying to get across an important point. This is accomplished with a lot of repetition‚ within her poem she repetitively uses the phrase “this is” and then later “this is your hand.” By doing this it leaves the impression that she wanted us to look closely at the words she was saying and determine the significance
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In Margaret Atwood’s short story‚ “Happy Endings‚” she explains that no matter what kind of story someone has‚ death is something that everyone has in common. Atwood states “So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun.” She means that the end does not matter because eventually everyone will die‚ the beginning is the important part of a story. Atwood says that the beginnings of a story are more fun because that is where all the details are. The beginning can happen however it wants to‚ but
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Several internet sites that discuss Margaret Atwood’s "The Resplendent Quetzal" believe the story is about the happiness and love of a couple being destroyed due to losing a child. For example‚ DedicatedWriters says “the Resplendent Quetzal‚ portrays a married couple‚ Sarah and Edward‚ whose marriage has become dysfunctional since their child’s death at birth."I believe the death of the child did cause problems to their relationship‚ however‚ I think there were always problems in their relationship
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My interpretation of the speeches is shaped by the composer’s integration of rhetorical techniques to engage and reflect their personal opinions. The notions of freedom‚ equality and women’s rights explored within these speeches convey both composers’ perspectives influenced by their social values and beliefs. The speeches by Aung San Suu Kyi "Keynote Address at the Beijing World conference on women" and Margaret Atwood "Spotty handed Villainesses‚" both address the ongoing issues present within
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