Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake follows the life of Jimmy/Snowman in a grim world of the not-so-distant future. The novel is a speculative look at the path Atwood believes our society is headed down. It features issues such as genetic engineering‚ global warming‚ food insecurity‚ and even child trafficking. A common element amongst these issues is that they are all dark and frightening topics. Despite this‚ Oryx and Crake still manages to have a multitude of hilarious moments. Some readers
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‘The true measure of a text’s value lies in its ability to provoke the reader into awareness of its language and construction‚ not just its content’ The conceptual understanding of a good text revolves not only around its content‚ but also its language and construction. This notion articulates profoundly within Margaret Atwood’s novel A Handmaid’s Tale as it is‚ after all‚ the author’s manipulation of the language and construction which enacts as vehicles towards the reader’s understanding of the
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in society ‘…is always the Object‚ a conglomeration of attributes to be predicted and controlled…’ To what extent can this theory be applied to the presentation of woman in feminist literature? With reference to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood and ‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath. Stein suggests that the preliminary and concluding material of‚ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’‚ namely Atwood’s two dedications‚ three epigraphs and the pseudo-factual ‘Historical Notes’‚ act as a frame to Offred’s narrative
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“Pills to make you fatter‚ thinner‚ hairier‚ balder‚ whiter‚ browner‚ blacker‚ yellower‚ sexier‚ and happier”(Atwood 248). Society’s need to be perfect‚ of course‚ drove people to buy products like these. Advertisement of such products influenced people to buy them based on their need to conform to the standards of society. In the novel‚ Crake creates a “super pill”
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The dominant time of the novel is 1859‚ although the first chapter is set in 1851‚ and the last section in 1872. Grace has been convicted for over 15 years‚ is a model prisoner and works at the Prison Governor’s house as a servant. Grace’s story develops as an articulated dialogue between Grace and Dr. Simon Jordan‚ the American psychologist who has been summoned to investigate Grace’s mental health. He applies the newest methods in the blossoming field of psychology with special regard to analogy-related
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understandings of the issue of gender and power are gained from characterization of men and women constructed in the text studied?The notion of power is a fundamental building block of any ancient‚ modern or futuristic society. The Handmaid ’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is an example of the distribution of power across a futuristic society‚ specifically a patriarchal dystopia. The power which women hold in this society is minimal compared to that held by men‚ but this is not an unquestionable reality. The issue of
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Essay 1: Summary Response Narrative First Draft Due: Mon‚ Feb. 2 Final Draft Due: Wed‚ Feb. 4 Purpose and Overview: Essay 1 represents several objectives of English 102‚ and perhaps builds upon skills learned in ENG 101. This essay will focus on the skill set of successfully summarizing a reading selection -- re-communicating the author’s purpose and main points -- and then responding to that author’s ideas appropriately‚ which requires a certain degree of critical and careful reading and thinking
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Four Feminist Novels by Margaret Atwood Helge Normann Nilsen University of Trondheim Most of Margaret Atwood’s early novels express a clearly feminist message.1 They fall under the category of fiction of protest‚ though this only rarely diminishes their artistic value. But‚ like other feminist writers‚ Atwood is very much concerned to demonstrate that women are oppressed in Western society and their options severely restricted. There are four novels which deal with this theme successfully:
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Compare the ways in which the authors of two texts you studied this year explore the use of power. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Blade Runner: Director’s Cut by Ridley Scott both explore the use of power albeit in similar and dissimilar ways. Power in both texts is portrayed as humankind’s power over the natural world‚ power over those considered inferior in society‚ and power over women. In Blade Runner‚ the human race is seen to have abused an outstanding amount of power
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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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