The Year of the Flood is a complex yet captivating book. There are many things going on at once during the first 20 chapters that we read. I don’t think I have ever read a book that shifts narration as much as this book does. Just about every chapter is a different person’s narration than the previous chapter. Although this first confused me‚ I now think that it makes the book even more unique. Through a bit of research‚ I found that this is actually the second book in Atwood’s dystopian triology
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In the book Push precious is similar to one of the prisoners in “Allegory of the Cave” because they both started in the cave. This is true because while they were in the cave they both faced some similar oppression. To begin‚ when precious got out of the hospital and straight home her mom tried to kill her so precious says ¨Gonna kill me wif her ¨BARE HANDS¨ it’s like a black wall gonna crash on me¨ (Precious 74). This is significant because when precious return home as well the ¨cave” she is getting
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Downtown St. Petersburg‚ Florida is the home of the largest Salvador Dali art collection outside of Europe. The Salvador Dali museum took its first breath on March 7th‚ 1982. This historical building holds 96 oil paintings‚ more than 100 water colors and drawings‚ and 1‚300 graphics‚ photographs and sculptures. This location is also the home of 7 out of 18 masterworks done by Dali. Salvador Dali left an outstanding line of art behind on January 23‚ 1989‚ He actually passed away in his hometown‚ Figueres
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Reading Response to "The Cause of War" "The Cause of War" by Margaret Sanger is about the high birth rate in Germany during World War I. Sanger also states that "behind all war has been the pressure of population. (533)" Sanger wrote this essay to inform the public that "the great crime of imperialistic Germany was its high birth rate (533.)" The audience to the essay is essentially anyone who is against war and overcrowding families‚ nations‚ and the earth (533.) The author offers three
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in the process of identity construction‚ so to speak‚ the person needs to find his place in society‚ resolve the problems of existing personality discrepancies‚ feelings of displacement and alienation from his culture. The unnamed narrator in Margaret Atwood ’s Surfacing embarks on a journey of self-discovery during which she has to come to terms with her confusion of choices‚ uncertainties of her past‚ personal life incongruity and her defected interpersonal relationships with the people surrounding
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studying the way in which the author presents major and minor characters‚ language devices. Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale is set in a speculative future‚ exploring gender inequalities in an absolute patriarchy where women are breeders‚ mistresses‚ housekeepers‚ or housewives or otherwise exiled to the colonies. By using context‚ we can learn that The Handmaid’s Tale‚ published in 1986‚ written by Atwood during the time of the ant-feminist backlash‚ presents truths about the world that she
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Ms. Margaret Dolgenos was kind enough to once again answer questions about her company‚ Cruzio Internet‚ at which she is both the CFO and owner. She has worked at Cruzio for nearly 30 years and before had worked at several large companies‚ such as SCO‚ which she hopes can give her better insight into performance management and how it has differed in her different jobs. Ms. Dolgenos starts off by explaining that she believes Cruzio actually has a better performance management system than some of
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The fiction novel Out Of Focus by Margaret Buffie is an old‚ true sounding story about a teenager named Bernie Dodd with extra burdens‚ including looking after her younger siblings because their single mother is an irresponsible alcoholic. When Bernie was thirteen‚ she told her mother‚ “When you stop being drunk‚ I’ll call you Mom” (Buffie‚ 29). She is sixteen now‚ and still calls her mom Celia. Things started to look up for Bernie and her younger siblings Ally and Jojo; Celia is marrying Mario‚
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My topic for this ISP is focusing on how the main character‚ Susie evolves‚ and how she affects people on Earth without being present. In the novel “The Lovely Bones” Susie is a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family‚ friends and killer from heaven. Throughout the novel‚ Susie is trapped in a “perfect world” leaving her from seeing her family‚ friends and killer. Susie begins to mature in her journey through heaven as she progresses and even though she does not grow up‚ shows
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Among the Hidden is the book I read for this book report. It has 153 pages and it is fiction. The book takes place on a farm over a one-year time period from late summer to late spring. We don’t know the exact year‚ but it is sometime in the future. It is here in the US‚ but it just doesn’t seem like it could be since things happen in the book that just don’t seem imaginable to us. The story is about a boy named Luke. He is a shadow child. A shadow child is a third (or even more) child in a family
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