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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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    Title: Sent Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix Text Type: Novel Date Read: January 2010 “Sent” by Margaret Peterson Haddix is the second novel in “The Missing” series. It is about four teenagers; Jonah‚ Chip‚ Alex and Katherine. In the first book “Found”‚ we find out that thirty-six teenagers had been stolen from history and accidently put into the twenty-first century. To fix time they have to go back to their original century. But of course‚ the teenagers don’t want to go back to their earlier

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    Name: Course: Instructor: Date: Moral in "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood Thesis: If fiction is supposed to appeal to our ethical nature in Atwood’s opinion‚ what is the happy ending‚ or moral‚ we are being asked to look for and help society attain in “Happy Endings”?  I. Obstacles are a natural part of life as seen with how Atwood portrays the lives of typical people as they struggle to overcome various obstacles. (a) While they all have individual differences‚ these plots ultimately end in the

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    People who we share spaces with every day. Per an editorial by Margaret A. Winker‚ the dangers of those who own firearms are becoming a prominent public health concern. Winker urges a release of funds‚ previously frozen‚ that are meant to be allocated to gun control. Further‚ she reports that one person is killed every

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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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    Odyssey is one of a quiet‚ submissive‚ faithful woman. The readers do not see much of Penelope’s actions throughout the epic and rather just hear of what she should be doing. Penelope’s story and relationship with Odysseus has remained a myth‚ until Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad. In the novel Penelope finally explains her story of what happened while Odysseus was on her journey away and back to her. The Penelopiad is praised as a feminist text and throughout the story the reader truly finds insight

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    HaidMaids Tale The novel‚ The Handmaid’s Tale‚ by Margaret Atwood focuses on the choices made by the society of Gilead in which the preservation and imprisionmeny of mankind is more highly regarded than freedom or happiness. I think that Ms. Atwood believes that the possibility of our society becoming as that of Gilead is very evident in the choices that we make today and from what has occurred in the past. Our actions will inevitably catch up to us when we are most vulnerable.In The Handmaid’s

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    stab you in the back‚ people will spread misleading and untrue rumors about you‚ what if you would know everything? Are you ready to be slapped by the truth? Are you ready to see yourself from their perspective? In this literary story “A Low Art” by Margaret Atwood‚ is about retelling Homer’s novel – The Odyssey but from Penelope’s perspective. Penelope is the faithful‚ patient‚ considerate‚ devoted and loving wife of Odysseus. Odysseus was described in the excerpt as tricky and liar‚ how great he is

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    what we tend to focus on.  Culture affects growing up‚ race‚ gender‚ class‚ family and language. Canadian Culture and Identity  What does Canada mean to you?  Hockey.  Maple syrup.  Tim Horton’s.  4 seasons  Groups of 7  Snow.  Margaret Atwood  Understand your culture is important in understanding other cultures.  Canada is a multicultural country.  Literature is used to define a culture.  It is easier to explain what we are not than what we are.  Hard to define a culture

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    With America at war in 2004‚ looking back to our past to how we overcame insurmountable odds is what Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was pleading when she delivered an eulogy at President Ronald Reagan’s funeral in 2004. She believes that since both wars and eras parallel each other‚ we must look to back to see how confident and daring President Reagan was when he took on the USSR and communism in order to understand how we should take on the War on Terror. She started out by describing how effective

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