Colleen Atwood

The Jewel. In the series “The Jewel” by Amy Ewing, the dystopian genre shows itself through many dystopian characteristics such as a totalitarian government using propaganda to control its citizens. In these novels propaganda contributes to controlling the citizens and crushing dissent. Propaganda is used to hide the murder of surrogates through unwanted pregnancies with babies they are not compatible with. It is also used to convince the citizens that everything is fine and that the royalty…

Anita Desai exhibits a strong inclination towards the existentialist interpretation of the human predicamentin her novels.Chracters are "individuals for whom aloneness alone,is the sole natural condition,aloneness alone the treasure worth treasuring",as Desai once said in an interview.Her novel,Fire on the Mountain revolves around the inner lives of its three protagonists,Nanda Kaul,Raka and Ila Das,who are embodiments of alienation experienced by the individual in a hostile world. Her novel,…

Margaret Atwood Analysis of the writing style: Best known for her books, Margaret Atwood is perceived as one of Canada's most noticeable and productive contemporary journalists. Atwood's notoriety, be that as it may, likewise lays on her voluminous commitments to the class of verse and short story. In addition, as a basic expert, student of history, and writer, Atwood's compositions have showed up in an extensive variety of academic material spreading over from school and college course…

married, is a handmaid of a powerful Commander and his wife. It is her job to provide the couple with a child. Society has been trained to believe that all eroticism is unholy and even dangerous. Although the Gilean society is deeply desexualized, Atwood shows that, regardless of gender, the need for love and intimacy is a human desire that cannot be overcome. The Republic of Gilead’s commanders state that the republic…

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury where the government send fireman to burn all book or any literature. In Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood a man name Crake is a well-known scientist and creates a pill that genocide the human race except Jimmy who then become Snowman. In this two book shows how knowledge and government can change the human’s evolution. Crake isn’t the protagonist of Oryx and Crake but he’s the protagonist “Jimmy” best friend. Crake was a smart boy in high school but then…

Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939. Her hometown is Ontario Canada. Her parents and siblings are Carl Edmund Atwood, Margaret Dorothy Killam, Ruth Atwood, and Harold Leslie Atwood. She is at age 79. Margaret Atwood is famous because she is an author. She writes famous poet. She is a literary critic. She is a journalist. She is also an award - winning novelist. Interesting facts about Margaret Atwood are she thought of her first poem while walking football field. She wrote a song…

The Blind Assassin is a layered, multi genre story created by Margaret Atwood set in Port Ticonderoga, Canada throughout the 20th century. The two main characters are Iris and Laura Chase, the daughter of a rich war veteran who owns a button factory. The story itself is broken up into four subplots, all from the point of view of Iris, the eldest sister. The outermost story is of 80 year old Iris, her daily life, as she tells the second story of her family’s past, which hit on many of Atwood’s…

contrast Ofglen, an avid supporter of the Mayday group, continuously serves the cause, even to the point of suicide, an act which saves both Mayday and Offred who states “I feel thankful to her. She has died that I may live. I will mourn later.” (Atwood, 286). Despite her inaction, Offered did still initially believe and hope for the success of Mayday, but as the novel progresses, Offred becomes more satisfied with her role as Handmaid, possibly due to her relationship with Nick and the…

necessitated by its definition, actually be perfect if in insuring the future of the human race, its people are required to lose their autonomy? Both the novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood, and film The Island directed by Michael Bay, explore this question. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood uses a subgroup called Handmaids from a fictional society called The Republic of Gilead, as a means to examine the effects of objectification, forced servitude, and restricted access to…

tool to escape the plight of her existence by manipulating things to her advantage in her the little ways she can. In many ways the novel can be seen as a use of power. In the republic of Gilead the commander seems to have all the power. Atwood uses freedom as an escape from those who contain all the power and…