Colleen Atwood

Handmaid’s Tale”, by Margaret Atwood, is a dystopian novel concerning a woman living in the totalitarian and theocratic state of Gilead. Throughout Atwood’s novel, one is travelling alongside Offred, [a Handmaid to the Commander and Serena Joy] and is experiencing her journey as she is treated as political property. The Republic of Gilead is used by Atwood, to comment on the already existing radical feminism and religious rights trends within western society. Atwood utilises these trends for the…

INTRODUCTION My article of choice has the title of “Unlocking Paralysis” by Lisa Fitterman. Lisa Fitterman is a Toronto-based writer who is also known to be a reporter, editor, columnist and a freelance writer for a wide range of both national and international magazines. She has authored a variety of stories, ranging from profiles of women in the Russian opposition to immigration and racism in certain countries. In this article however, she talks about how a new invention, Endovascular…

Linda Howard’s Dying to please is an extreme nail astringent. This book shows how any innocent one can face trials in life from the society yet with the right person as your other half can help to combat those troubles. A young women with no intention of getting fame is suddenly in the eyes of the world. Sarah Stevens has to cope with the world’s pointing fingers at her for a crime that is darkening her world. Throughout the book , we see an undying passion between the detective called Thompson…

how his childhood shaped his whole life. The story takes place in the future where Jimmy lives with his parents in a special compound isolated from the rest of the world. His father works at OrganInc Farms and is a major part of the Pigoon project (Atwood 22). The people who are part of this compound are very logical, smart and scientifically oriented. However, these intelligent people who work in the plant are in general emotionally distant, they do not share the special…

of Pinocchio make him “human” and which parts held him back? Similarly, we find Offred in the beginning of the book as a puppet of the state and carved into their ideal version of a woman. Offred’s story in the book The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margret Atwood, is a story of survival in a harsh world where women are subjugated to the rules and standards of the government in Gilead. With no real identity to call her own, Offred is forced to navigate through her new life without expressing her emotions…

succeed. Equally, the “monsters” in both stories are forced to make decisions that alter their future, which illustrates the ideas of betrayal. Margaret Atwood’s story is about a girl who has a disease which unavoidably turns her into a monster. Atwood sets a disconsolate tone to her story in the very beginning by posing a rhetorical question: “What could be done with me, what should be done with me?” (232).…

corporation striving for perfection. Atwood argues that…

society develop. Both genders were going through some rough times but women had it way worse because they had to go through things which was pretty horrifying. “I stand five seven without shoes. I have trouble remembering what I used to look like.” (Atwood 143) The fact that womens couldn’t remember what they look like or when was the last time they actually felt loved seems alarming. Women were always on there bare feet and they couldn’t use lotion or a razor or any personal use to clean…

In her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood explores the poor ideals and horrors of a futuristic patriarchal society. The story is set in Massachusetts at an unspecified time in the future and tells the story of a young lady’s struggles through a change in the way of life after America was taken over by another governing body, Gilead. By Gilead’s traditional rules, women were not allowed to work and own property, and men were far superior to the women. In the story, procreation was…

The handmaid’s tale: A dystopian society In the novel the Handmaid’s tale written by Margaret Atwood women are not granted the rights to Freedom of speech and freedom of choice. Such book takes place in the republic of Gilead, a country ruled by a totalitarian government. Women are regulated to the seconds, their individuality is stripped away, and are valued only for their functionality. The Handmaid’s tale portrays a society at its worst, it shows an example of country in where male…