(Ayatollah Khomeini turned Iran into an Islamic Republic.) Not only were alarming events like these happening in Middle Eastern countries like Iran‚ they were happening in our own backyard. Neuman goes on to say: By 1984‚ in the United States‚ the gains women had achieved during the previous decade had come under attack from several directions. During Ronald Reagan’s presidency‚ women made up an increasing percentage of those in the lowest-paid occupations‚ and they made no gains or lost ground
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literature is studied is very old. This includes works such as Mordecai’s Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz or Lawrences Stone Angel. Fifth Business‚ which was published in 1970 - over 35 years ago - is still on many courses of study in Gr. 12 classrooms. Atwood’s Handmade’s Tale the most recent of these books was published in 1985; over ten years ago. Again while most teachers allow and may even encourage a student to focus on more modern Canadian books for their ISP‚ his classroom experience is usually limited
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Jennifer Angelucci April 23rd‚ 2007 SIREN SONG Margaret Atwood’s "Siren Song" is a lyric that consists of nine three-lined stanzas that neither possess any recognizable rhyme scheme nor rhythm. The speaker of this poem is a mythical creature‚ a Siren‚ who addresses us‚ the audience‚ when she speaks of the victims whom she lured through the enticing song she sings. The overall tone of this poem is sarcastic and quite sinister. The title itself immediately depicts the theme and speaker of the poem
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The racially charged novel‚ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain causes much controversy‚ yet it still impacts American culture in a way that very few novels do. School districts debate whether the novel should even be a part of high school curriculum because of the controversy surrounding it. Twain’s novel does‚ in fact‚ have immense educational value and can contribute very much in shaping the minds and cultural literacy of soon to be young adults in America‚ through high school curriculum
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The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian themed novel written by Margaret Atwood in the first person point of view of a handmaid named Offred. This is not her real name however. In the society that she lives in‚ she as a woman is only a reproductive tool and nothing more. This book takes place in a theocracy ran government in the aftermath of a war. The war has left killed off a huge amount of the population with the remaining population experiencing a decline of birthrate due to the toxic chemicals in
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The Chibok Schoolgirls and Atwood’s Handmaids On the 14th of April 2014 nearly 300 girls were abducted from the Government Secondary School of Chibok in Borno State‚ Nigeria. The young students aged 16 to 18 were kidnapped by Boko Haram translating to ("Western education is forbidden")‚ an Islamic jihadist group. A spokesman of Boko Haram claims that the young women have been converted to Islam and married off to members of the group. The indoctrination of the Handmaids in Margret Attwood’s novel
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From the dieting tricks that promise to shave off weight within weeks‚ to the constant gossiping of the fashion trends of a femme fatale‚ the message is clear: the appearances of women matter. Especially prevalent for the past few decades‚ the pressure for young women to meet a certain physical standard has been growing ever since. Through the influence of the media and the scrutiny of others‚ women face the stress of carefully choosing each change they add to their appearance‚ going so far as to
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Animals in the Now Animals have always been a main and important part in the lives of humans and still is till this day. Yet‚ as humans we don’t entirely praise or respect all animals the way they deserve to be treated. In Margaret Atwood’s poem‚ “The Animals in that Country” she confronts the idea of how animals are viewed from “that” country to “this” country by describing how the animals are treated in both scenarios and using a shift in her poem to show contrast between the two countries. Atwood
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happening at the time of his writing. Whereas Atwood builds upon Orwell’s 1984; Orwell being one of her heroes he had become a direct model for her writing. Atwood found the majority of dystopias taking the viewpoint of men (including Orwell’s 1984)‚ Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale develops this and writes from a female viewpoint. Both fictional societies are governed by totalitarian regimes which can be likened to real past dictators such as Pol Pot‚ who discarded the past society of Cambodia and put forward
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Society can both be really great and progress forward‚ but at times society can turn for the worst and progress backwards. In Margaret Atwood’s Fictional book the Handmaid’s Tale. The main character Offred in the Republic of Gilead as a handmaid. In the book the purpose of a handmaid is to reproduce and bear children for older‚ wealthier men whose wives cannot have children. In addition to being a handmaid Offred and all the women of Gilead are not allowed to read‚ write‚ not own money‚ or dress
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