1. In her commentary “Reading Blind‚” Margaret Atwood gives her opinions on factors that make a short story good. She writes that a good story has to have a voice that moves not only across pages but also through time. Most people are first introduced to stories at a young age by the “scandalous gossips” and “family secrets” that children overhear their mothers discussing in the kitchen‚ or the oral tales with “talking donkeys” and “definite endings” that their grandmother recites to them. All these
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In Margaret Thatcher’s Eulogy‚ Eulogy for Reagan‚ the reflection on Reagan’s past accomplishments and him being a good president were conveyed through her use of rhetoric She introduces her topic by saying‚ “We have lost a great president‚ a great American‚ and a great man‚ and I have lost a dear friend” (Thatcher 1). As the speaker‚ Thatcher’s use of words addresses the world as a whole rather than that of a single nation in mourning‚ America. She describes her audience as “we”. This prominent use
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A look At plot using‚ “Happy Endings‚” by Margaret Atwood Stephen I. Perrine English 101 Sec003 Plot deals with where a story begins‚ and how it ends. Some of the twists and turns that occur might be part of it‚ but the basics of plot are according to Atwood in “Happy Endings” two people meet‚ a bunch of stuff happens and they die. The point Atwood is making is that plot‚ no matter how a writer contrives it‚ is in consequential; because‚ all endings are the same. Plot is nothing more
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Elysium April 23 2013 Ms Kitchen ENG 4U A dystopian fiction is a futuristic‚ imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society.In Elysium written by Neill Blomkampand and The Handmaids Tale written by Margaret Atwood‚ these two dystopian fiction focus on how society in the future has altered drastically because how society has became. In both fiction the authors focus on how both society failed and collapsed. Elysium and the handmaids tale show very similar
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DISCUSS THE THEME OF SURVIVAL IN THE EXTRACTS STUDIED. When we talk about the “theme of survival” in literature‚ we should not forget the contribution of Margaret Atwood for the Canadian indentity. Margaret Atwood had written a literary criticism book named ‘Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature’. According to her theories‚ Margaret Atwood considers Canadian Literature as the expression of Canadian identity. According to this literature‚ Canadian identity has been defined by a fear
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analyst. Different people have different writing styles‚ so it is hard to say that one feminist writing a certain way makes that author a feminist‚ and another feminist writing a different way makes them not a feminist because they are different. Margaret Atwood is a well-known author who is very involved in the feminist movement in literature. She believes that only authors who consciously work inside the framework of the feminist movement can be given the label as a feminist. Tanith Lee would
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Margaret Sanger published letters from mothers in 1928 that described the hard lives they lived because of involuntary motherhood. She hoped that Americans would realize just how much birth control could help those women‚ and others to come. Sanger received
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Water can symbolize many things throughout the novel. Whether it is in Manawaka‚ the Pacific Coast or Shadow point‚ what is constantly recognized in the number of times water is used. If one were to closely examine these situations‚ they would soon discover it’s symbolic importance. In the novel The Stone Angel‚ water is presented in the many fluctuations‚ in Hagar’s life. Hagar goes through many stages in her life‚ where water is represented but without it being physically present
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The Progressives were a diverse group of people that wanted to offer practical solutions to the social problems that were associated with industrialization and urbanization. Progressives opposed laissez-faire economics‚ which led to a new movement to allow government and private groups to intervene and regulate business firms and private individuals for the good of society. In addressing these problems‚ Progressives organized their ideas and actions around three main goals. They sought to end
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In Warfare: An Invention- Not a Biological Necessity‚ Margaret Mead states that war is a creation of man‚ not a necessity we need in order to thrive. She begins by stating that those who believe war is a biological necessity see men as aggressive by nature. This natural aggression leads men to need an outlet for their frustration which‚ in this case‚ is war. She proceeds to suggest that war is a creation of society. The origins of war‚ such as the struggle for land and natural resources‚ are not
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