“Women on the Edge of Time” is basically a novel written by Marge Piercy. This book is an indictment of some fundamental assumptions of our society. It also presents the intriguing portrayal of the Utopian alternatives. In this novel, a woman named Connie in the age of 37 has been declared as insane. However, the woman is overwhelmingly sane. She had merely turned into future and is able to communicate with the future year 1937. This paper presents the book review of “Woman on the Edge of Time” written by Marge Percy. This paper reviews the book in three themes Gender Matrix, Sexual Binaries, and Dichotomy.
Connie has been confined in a mental hospital for the purpose of mind control treatment. This narrative of realism provides the plausible …show more content…
The author presents a twofold theory in his novel that future has a dystopian effect. It states that elite and wealthier people will start living on the space platform. Similarly the majority of the population will be having surgical controls and psychotropic drugs. They will harvest the human beings of earth. This comparison of elites and poor people in the society presents the current thinking as well as future prospects that ultimately affect the human beings.
This theory presents that elite class is becoming more and more powerful while poor people become less powerful. Poor people are becoming the victims of rich people while rich people are grasping the rights of poor people. It means that the society is becoming miserable. Poor people have to live their lives in the conditions imposed by rich people. Similarly, they will also have to compromise their women for the desires of the elite class. The confrontation of Connie with the technology of “Mind Control” inspires her for the violent actions that aim at preventing the mind control technology. She wants to disseminate this technology because she perceives the miserable future of the
Connie has been confined in a mental hospital for the purpose of mind control treatment. This narrative of realism provides the plausible …show more content…
The author presents a twofold theory in his novel that future has a dystopian effect. It states that elite and wealthier people will start living on the space platform. Similarly the majority of the population will be having surgical controls and psychotropic drugs. They will harvest the human beings of earth. This comparison of elites and poor people in the society presents the current thinking as well as future prospects that ultimately affect the human beings.
This theory presents that elite class is becoming more and more powerful while poor people become less powerful. Poor people are becoming the victims of rich people while rich people are grasping the rights of poor people. It means that the society is becoming miserable. Poor people have to live their lives in the conditions imposed by rich people. Similarly, they will also have to compromise their women for the desires of the elite class. The confrontation of Connie with the technology of “Mind Control” inspires her for the violent actions that aim at preventing the mind control technology. She wants to disseminate this technology because she perceives the miserable future of the