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    You Fit Into Me Analysis

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    Love is one of the most compelling and universal emotions felt by the human race. Although this feeling is common‚ it can be interpreted differently by us all. “I Carry Your Heart” and “You Fit Into Me” by E.E. Cummings and Margaret Atwood respectively show the various ways in which people can understand and express infatuation and passion. The title of the poem‚ “I Carry Your Heart”‚ the references the fact that love is perpetually felt. Like other emotions that may be fleeting‚ when love is real

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    dealing with various restrictions towards women. With this mindset of society different roles were set for women. Offred was a handmaid who is the carrier of children. Language is limited and they are not allowed to use any words regarding freedom. Atwood’s language throughout the novel was vague. She expresses so many different kinds of emotions and variety

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    Ethical Worldviews

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    formed around the societal dependence With exceptions of course‚ When put in Their worldviews are moulded to reflect the *world* they are raised in. When the concept of *ethical approach* is dismissed‚ the ideal conclusion in the *case* of Atwood’s dilemma‚ is evidently for the protagonist to

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    “I’ll tell you what real love is … I’ll give you a good example. And then you can draw your own conclusions” (Carver 144). Addressing the constant fear of existential nothingness‚ Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” and Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” explore how the actions of characters‚ however useless they may appear to be‚ can impact happiness. Both stories begin at a point of ignorance‚ and develop their messages as the characters have to face the real but distressing

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    A Critical Analysis of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain A. Theme The theme of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is the journey to freedom. Huckleberry Finn is the story of Huck escaping from his father’s cruelty and Jim‚ a former slave‚ running from the harsh world of slavery. Throughout the second half of the book‚ the two are trying to escape from the duke and the king because they are tricking innocent people by being dishonest. Throughout Huck’s and Jim’s journey‚ several conflicts

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    (feminists‚ elderly women and others who do not fit into any of the other categories or who do not conform to Gilead’s rules). The state of Gilead “… reduces the handmaids to the slavery status of being mere “breeders”” (Malak). In an article‚ Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and the Dystopian Traditions by Amin Malak‚ Malak writes that‚ “… when human beings are not free to aspire toward whatever they wish… life turns into a painfully prolonged prison term”. Malak continues to explain how everyone

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    the only guarantee in life is death‚ it will be much easier to live to the fullest. She also wants other writers to realize that they should make the beginning and middle of their works interesting and entertaining‚ and have a simple ending. Atwood’s intentions of this story were to make the reader question the point of life. Implying that maybe humans are only born to die. She wants other writers and just people‚ in general‚ to make the beginning interesting and to not focus on the ending. “Happy

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    fur. So‚ brushing on a regular basis is a must. Also‚ brushing helps you and your cats. It helps you to bond with your cat. It helps your cat because when you brush out all the loose hair from his or her coat he or she won’t get so many hairballs. Another

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    Tale was written by Margaret Atwood in 1984 at a time when conservative religious groups were growing ever stronger‚ threatening to reverse the advances women had made over the last few decades. This feminist fear was very much a presence in Atwood’s mind and compelled her to write the novel despite her fears of how it would be perceived by readers. Similarly‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell were inspired by political and social issues of the time

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    controlled by a dictatorship and that run off a totalitarian government system strip an individual of their civil rights as a human being in order to gain ultimate control over its citizens. A government such as the Republic of Gilead in Margaret Atwood’s work‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ controls their citizen’s lives to the extent to where they must learn to suppress their emotions and feelings. In the Republic of Gilead‚ the main character Offred is a handmaid‚ which is a fertile woman who is assigned

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