Journal In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale‚ written by Margaret Atwood‚ there are a lot of displays of sexual acts against woman in efforts to belittle them. The prevalence of rape and pornography in the pre-Gilead world justified to the founders their establishment of the new order. The Commander and the Aunts claim that women are better protected in Gilead‚ that they are treated with respect and kept safe from violence. Certainly‚ the official penalty for rape is terrible: in one scene‚ the Handmaids
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“It is my contention that the process of reading is a part of the process of writing‚ the necessary completion without which writing can hardly be said to exist.” In this text written by Margaret Atwood‚ explains how the reader is the necessary component in completing the final purpose of a given piece of writing. Without the reader‚ there would have no meaning to write and too express‚ if it does not grasp the attention of a person and lure them into timeless reading. The United States has become
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The poem “Bored” by Margaret Atwood‚ is a poem that tells many different things in each line. It is a poem that evokes many different feelings in me such as feelings of boredom‚ happiness and sadness. This poem has some ambiguous meanings to me and maybe to the writer as well. “bored” is a poem that about boredom of course but also about learning‚ paying attention‚ and most of all about love and loss. In this paper I will attempt to show you just exactly how I have come by my conclusions of this
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Snowman’s state of mind is seen to be a predominant‚ constant theme throughout Oryx and Crake and in particular the extract during pages 307-13. One could suggest that his state of mind is very conflicted during these pages especially‚ and so this leads him to display peculiar behaviour which can be closely examined. Not only is his state of mind a major theme‚ but it also links in with his loneliness that can’t be controlled‚ thus causing his mind to be so uncanny. During page 307 of the extract
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Both the novels ’1984’ and ’The Handmaids Tale’ provide warnings of how each author sees certain problems in society leading to dystopian states. Dystopian genres exist in both novels‚ but arise for different reasons. Resulting from Atwood’s concerns about political groups and aspects of feminism; ’The Handmaids Tale’ illustrates how declining birth rates could lead to a state where women are forced into bearing children. In contrast‚ ’1984’ depicts a terror state where poverty is rife and tyrannical
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alongside advances in scientific knowledge. Our new pessimism no longer depends on a deity to wipe out this wicked world. Since the Manhattan Project‚ we have learned to do these ourselves. That end is also the end of “The Year of the Flood.” Here Atwood has brilliantly re-told her own tale‚ through other mouths and focusing on different details‚ showing us how the kids Jimmy and Glenn become the Snowman and Crake‚ (from “Oryx and Crake”) and how an end-- or the End-- can happen in the name of new
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His task is to throw old books out and decide which ones will be digitalized. He soon loses this position‚ because he cannot convince himself to dispose of any books (Atwood 283). This again shows Jimmy’s appreciation for language‚ since he cannot decide which book is more worthy of staying a part of the cultural memory. For him‚ all books are worthy of that. After being temporarily unemployed‚ Jimmy is employed at Anooyoo
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The novel goes immediately into an unfamiliar‚ unexplained world‚ using unfamiliar terms like “Handmaid‚” “Angel‚” and “Commander” that only comes to make sense as the story progresses. In this novel‚ Margaret Atwood tells more than the story of Offred‚ the story of Gilead‚ and the story of a society set in the future where women are classified depending on the status of their husbands and the status of their “ovaries”. Their function is to be impregnated
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Frost and Journey to the Interior by Margaret Atwood portray the concept of journeys to a great extent. These poems will show a whole other perspective of a literal inner and imaginative journey and a metaphorical physical journey. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”‚ Robert Frost provides a look at the choices one has in life‚ how one comes to decide which choices are better‚ and what the consequences of these choices are. In “Journey to the Interior”‚ Margaret Atwood uses the physical terrain of the Canadian
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Margaret Atwood’s portrayal of the sirens is that they are irresistible and liars. Homer’s portrayal of the sirens is that they are evil‚ seductive creatures. In her poem‚ Atwood begins her poem with a warning to inform her audience about how powerful and scheming these creatures truly are with their "...song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see the beached skull..." Here‚ she incorporates imagery to prove to her audience how irresistible and dangerous the sirens
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