Margaret Atwood's short story “Lusus Naturae” demonstrates how people reject others, or things that are not easily understood. Having the tendency to shun what is not understood and what is thought is not morally acceptable. Not only does it demonstrate how humans reject others but it has a view on women's roles and the idea of feminism. Margaret Atwood intertwines the idea of feminism and discrimination.
Woman for ages have felt they have been put inferior to men even to this day and age. They do not have the same opportunities, the same rewards, acceptance and social standings. But, to be able to change this view is called “feminism.” Feminism can mean different things to different people. It can mean anything to woman and men being equal to each other in means of opportunities such as jobs, it can mean being superior to men, that …show more content…
Ever since she got the “case of measles when she was seven, she's never been the same (Atwood 263).” As people and her family tend to treat her differently because of the way she looks. In addition, because of the way she looks, they reject her for not being like them. The only thing they see are the things that make her different, even the doctor has come to see her from the West can only see what is wrong with her. The doctor “Looking at my yellow eyes, pink teeth, red fingernails, the long dark hair that was sprouting on my chest and arms” (Atwood 263). She says. She can tell he is looking at her flaws. As one might think when they are being looked at. They think someone is looking at only their flaws and only noticing them. Perhaps, the doctor is looking at her because she does not look like every female he is familiar with. She is an odd looking female. All of his life he has known females to have only hair on their heads, not sprouting through their chest and arms. He has known not pink teeth like her and yellow eyes like her but rather color in the iris and white in the
Woman for ages have felt they have been put inferior to men even to this day and age. They do not have the same opportunities, the same rewards, acceptance and social standings. But, to be able to change this view is called “feminism.” Feminism can mean different things to different people. It can mean anything to woman and men being equal to each other in means of opportunities such as jobs, it can mean being superior to men, that …show more content…
Ever since she got the “case of measles when she was seven, she's never been the same (Atwood 263).” As people and her family tend to treat her differently because of the way she looks. In addition, because of the way she looks, they reject her for not being like them. The only thing they see are the things that make her different, even the doctor has come to see her from the West can only see what is wrong with her. The doctor “Looking at my yellow eyes, pink teeth, red fingernails, the long dark hair that was sprouting on my chest and arms” (Atwood 263). She says. She can tell he is looking at her flaws. As one might think when they are being looked at. They think someone is looking at only their flaws and only noticing them. Perhaps, the doctor is looking at her because she does not look like every female he is familiar with. She is an odd looking female. All of his life he has known females to have only hair on their heads, not sprouting through their chest and arms. He has known not pink teeth like her and yellow eyes like her but rather color in the iris and white in the