Questions for Discussion 1. Oryx and Crake includes many details that seem futuristic‚ but are in fact already visible in our world. What parallels were you able to draw between the items in the world of the novel and those in your own? 2. Margaret Atwood coined many words and brand names while writing the novel. In what way has technology changed your vocabulary over the past five years? 3. The game "Extinctathon" emerges as a key component in the novel. Jimmy and Crake also play "Barbarian
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published on the 1st December 1942‚ discussing problems and similarities. The “five giant evils” Beveridge claimed to exist will be indentified and analyzed in depth and how Clement Attlee’s 1945 Labour government pledged to eliminate these evils. Margaret Thatcher was the first woman conservative party leader‚ who later on became prime minister‚ she had ideas and beliefs about the welfare state‚ this was known as ‘’Thatcherism’’. This will draw in evidence on how the welfare state of the 21st century
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To what extent did Thatcherism represent a revolution in economic management in the UK? It is a fair assessment that Thatcher did represent a sea change or ‘revolution’ in economic management. It can certainly be said that Thatcherite policy transformed Britain to a post-industrial economy and killed off any remnants of post-war collectivism and egalitarianism with the aims of public ownership and full employment. Thatcherism also restructured the UK from a country dominated by big government to
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are less interested in politics as older generations it could also infer that the younger generations are not as well educated in politics. There also seems to be a voting crisis as the turnout in the past elections was incredibly high‚ such as Margaret Thatcher’s landslide 1979 win where the turnout was 76% of the electorate. However in 2001 the turnout had fallen to a very low 59.4%. Although this may not seem to be much of a big issue‚ if a government is not elected by the majority of the populous
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Citations: Atwood‚ Margaret. The Handmaid ’s Tale. New York: Anchor‚ 1986. Print. Bradbury‚ Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks‚ 1951. Print.
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Each particular emotion has diverse and opposite effects‚ pride for example can be a word used to describe utter happiness and fulfillment‚ while others can use pride to close themselves off. In the book Stone Angel‚ written by the well known author Margaret Laurence‚ pride is often portrayed as a negative quality. It is used as a shield‚ a protection from pain and loss. When pride is allowed to take over‚ people may use it in order to uphold a certain appearance. People who allow their pride to create
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Hurston‚ Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. Heidelberg; Winter‚ 1999. Magali Cornier‚ Michael. Feminism and the Post Modern Impulse. New York; State University of New York‚ 1996. Paul Lee‚ Thomas. Reading‚ learning teaching Margaret Atwood. New York; Peter Lang‚ 2007. Tolan‚ Fiona. Margaret Atwood: Feminism and fiction. Amsterdam; Rodopi‚ 2007.Johnson‚ Yvonne. The voices of African American Women. New York; Lang cop‚ 1998 World Wide Web:
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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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Atwood’s‚ Danticat’s and Dowd’s transitions of women’s identities due to the loss of their parents The loss of a parent develops the child’s identity. Grace in “Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood‚ Sophie in “Breathe‚ Eyes‚ Memory” by Edwidge Danticat‚ and Holly in “Solace of the Road” by Siobhan Dowd‚ all demonstrate how mothers impact their daughters when they are no longer a part of their lives. Through changes of physical appearances‚ various life decisions and rapports with men‚ Grace‚ Sophie
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Many believed that Thatcher offered an alternative to the Labour government‚ a change‚ so after Callaghan’s government was destroyed by economic crises‚ rising unemployment‚ hostile trade unions and political misjudgements the Conservatives had a landslide victory with 43.9% of the vote. Before the Conservative rise to power with Thatcher‚ the Labour party had experience many troubles during their time in government‚ perhaps this is why the Conservatives won the General election. However was this
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