weren’t looking‚ and touch each other’s hands across space. We learned to lip read‚ our heads flat on the beds‚ turned sideways‚ watching each other’s mouths. In this way‚ we exchanged names‚ from bed to bed: Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.” ( Atwood‚ Page
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All journeys require a strong sense of ones humanity in order to be successful. In ken Watsons anthology “at the round Earth imagined corners” ‘A righteous day by Mudrooroo and Journey to the interior’ by Margret Atwood and as well as the film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ by Phillip Noyce have all expanded my understanding of journeys to myself individuals and the world. Through these texts we can observe different aspects of a journey. Journeys are essential in life because they teach us to overcome adversity
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victimization has become a symbol of Canada for Canadian authors. Margaret Atwood explains in‚ "The Victim Theory‚" that in most instances of literature‚ the central theme is "bare survival in the face of ’hostile’ elements"(Atwood‚ "The Victim Theory" 77) Hence‚ for the French Canadians after the English took over‚ "it became cultural survival‚ hanging on as people‚ retaining a religion and a language under an alien government"(Atwood 77). Unlike the style of the Americans or the English‚ who hold out
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Throughout The Handmaid’s Tale‚ and Little Women‚ Margaret Atwood and Gillian Armstrong respectively present the struggle women face to establish identities within patriarchal societies. Both authors explore this cause by setting their texts in a society where men are empowered and women potentially disempowered. Where Atwood creates a destructive patriarchy through a futuristic dystopia that strips women of individuality‚ Armstrong contrastingly explores the idea that women can create an identity
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mind instead of the female body. Rennie recalls her previous dedication: “once she had ambitions‚ which she now thinks of as illusions…But that was 1970 and she was in college. She decided to specialize in abuses: honesty would be her policy.” (Atwood 55) After facing rejection in the work force‚ Rennie settles for writing about fashion and lifestyle pieces. Rennie’s resignation of
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In Offred’s world‚ she is oppressed and controlled. She’s forced to live in a society that’s controlled by a religious regime that forces its citizens to live under a strict set of rules. Over the course‚ there are a series of events and allusions that show that the world Offred lives in is similar to an event of history. The novel The Handmaid’s Tale connection to colonial-age America is due to the existence of old religions relevant at the time and the events within the books. The strongest
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Crake; from numbers to words Oryx and Crake is a story that takes place in a not-so-distant dystopian future that Margart Atwood believes we’re heading towards. The world has been taken over by corporations who are driven purely by greed and profit. These corporations have built giant “compounds” where they house their scientists‚ who are referred to as “numbers people” by Jimmy‚ the main protagonist of the story. These “numbers people” are using genetic engineering to “improve” humanity. Anything
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get me transferred‚ i said. To the colonies. You know that. Or worse. I thought he should continue to act in public‚ as if i were a large vase or a window: part of the background‚ inanimate or transparent. I’m sorry‚ he said. I didn’t mean to.” ( Atwood. 209) Offred tells the commander to never try to touch her in a certain way but the commander does not realize it he gets confused and ask her what she was talking about until he realize at first he hadn’t even notice he was doing that. Although commanders
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will tell this secret to you/to you‚ only you/Come closer”[1]. Atwood is able to make it appear that the Siren is discontent and in need of rescue‚ only to fool the mariner along with the reader. Even though the poem seems rather callous and heartless‚ the poet is able to make it rather humorous with the Siren claiming that it is only “a bird suit” and “feathery mechanics” [1] rather than her actual half-bird half-woman form. Atwood also uses irony as an underlying theme when the Siren was the
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Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake”‚ Ariel Kroon claims that Crake is a product of a desensitized society that profits from suffering and normalizes it and that he destroys the system by behaving exactly as he is expected to. In Oryx and Crake‚ Margaret Atwood introduces as character that drifts away from the concept of the mad scientist. The author argues that‚ instead of a person who fails to stick to the societal values‚ Crake is presented as an extremely intelligent individual who contributes to the
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