Analysis of Alias Grace and The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood : Rough Draft
In the novels, Alias Grace and The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood, Atwood uses a specific style of writing to convey her themes of each novel. Atwood utilizes techniques such as symbolism, syntax, point of view and the use of setting to create the Theme of these two novels, In The Heart Goes last the theme is that even utopias are not all they seem to be and can often turn out to be dystopias, sort of like the saying, “Not all that glitters is gold” and the Central theme of Alias is that Women should not conform to societys idea of what their sexuality should or should not be.
Dystopianism is an important theme in the novel The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood. …show more content…
The Honda represents what they believe to be their lowest point early in the novel, but they have no idea how far they have yet to fall. The tragedy of being forced to live in their Honda also means, however, that Stan and Charmaine truly only have each other, and so they value the other more for this. Posidollars are the standard currency for the Positron Project, replacing the United States Dollar. Posidollars are a symbol of a dystopian government that seeks to exercise total control over its people, for the Posidollars earned are only good in the Project, meaning that people may not take a paycheck to go with them and leave the Project. This keeps them dependent on the town and the Project
This keeps them dependent on the town and the Project. Symbols used in Alias Grace include one ymbol occurs relatively early on in the book, and that is the scrapbook that the governor’s wife owns. “What it has instead is all the famous criminals in it, the ones that have been hanged…” (27). This scrapbook represents the way society views Grace and her actions. Another symbol is that of peonies. Grace remembers them growing in Kinnear's garden. Peonies represent shame (the red ones), which is opposite of what most would view the color
In the novels, Alias Grace and The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood, Atwood uses a specific style of writing to convey her themes of each novel. Atwood utilizes techniques such as symbolism, syntax, point of view and the use of setting to create the Theme of these two novels, In The Heart Goes last the theme is that even utopias are not all they seem to be and can often turn out to be dystopias, sort of like the saying, “Not all that glitters is gold” and the Central theme of Alias is that Women should not conform to societys idea of what their sexuality should or should not be.
Dystopianism is an important theme in the novel The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood. …show more content…
The Honda represents what they believe to be their lowest point early in the novel, but they have no idea how far they have yet to fall. The tragedy of being forced to live in their Honda also means, however, that Stan and Charmaine truly only have each other, and so they value the other more for this. Posidollars are the standard currency for the Positron Project, replacing the United States Dollar. Posidollars are a symbol of a dystopian government that seeks to exercise total control over its people, for the Posidollars earned are only good in the Project, meaning that people may not take a paycheck to go with them and leave the Project. This keeps them dependent on the town and the Project
This keeps them dependent on the town and the Project. Symbols used in Alias Grace include one ymbol occurs relatively early on in the book, and that is the scrapbook that the governor’s wife owns. “What it has instead is all the famous criminals in it, the ones that have been hanged…” (27). This scrapbook represents the way society views Grace and her actions. Another symbol is that of peonies. Grace remembers them growing in Kinnear's garden. Peonies represent shame (the red ones), which is opposite of what most would view the color