Gilead

door open for his mother to receive eternal life through a man named Jesus. Such irony can only be found in the life of our Savior. As much as one wanted to run away from the hospital scene, Cass saw a ministry opportunity. She could not empathize only sympathize with those devastated mothers in the neonatal unit. Why did her children get to live while these mothers would soon bury their sick children? She could not offer them any guarantees save the hope found in Jesus. She was His arms…

topics all with one common similarity; using women to benefit men. The patriarchy’s ideology about females, even in today’s world, continue to hold them back. If our culture continues to think in such an oppressive way, Atwood’s idea of a dystopic Gilead future for America, could not be too far off. The U.S. legal system is one of the most oppressive powers that men still hold today. Every day, women are denied the justice they deserve. It was up until the late 1970’s that a majority of…

emotional abandonment that comes from the lack of a caring mother. Or maybe perhaps, it's the life of a soldier’s daughter. The ones who are the strongest are the only ones who can make it through something so trying and exhausting. In this book “Leaving Gilead by Pat Carr,” a fiasco is painted of an emotionally distraught little girl trying to her find way through life on a roller coaster of emotions with a mother who's trying to restart a kindling flame of passion with an ex boyfriend, while…

prophet still, if bird or devil! — Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!’ Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’” (Raven 85). The narrator thinks that a raven has been sent by the devil and that it is talking to him. Once again, the reader has to confirm whether the narrator is in his…

On January 31, 2016, I attended a classical musical concert performed by Chanticleer. The concert was held in the Halton Theater at Central Piedmont Community College. The audience was dressed very casually and most of the people were elderly. This was the first classical concert I have attended, I choose to write about this concert because it’s the one that I liked the most if I had to choose between all the concert that I attended. Chanticleer is a male classical vocal a cappella ensemble…

In The Handmaid's Tale, women who play the roles of Handmaids, Marthas and Econowives are seemingly safe in the new totalitarian society, Gilead. They all have homes, food, and all they have to do is fulfill their given roles and comply with the rules of the society. Although outwardly well taken care of, no one in the nation is safe, even more powerful men. They are constantly being watched…

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the major issues in the western society. Slaves were the primary source of labor in farms, ancient industries, and domestic activities. Through slave trade, Africans were forcefully captured and shipped to the western nations, where they were considered as slaves. In North and South America, slavery was the main source of economic labor. The slavery life was harsh and often slaves had no rights or freedom to choose the master or the duty to undertake…

Neologism, Margaret Atwood’s brilliantly applied technique used as a interwoven blanket of words throughout the novel , Handmaid’s Tale, goes a far way in laying the foundations for the totalitarian social system to be acceptable as a normal way of thinking. Being that totalitarianism is defined as , ‘ a governing system in which a ruling elite holds all the power and controls all aspects of society,” it makes sense that one of the first steps to make it easier to rule, or control women and to…

multiple price increase multiple time a year. Johnson & Johnson raised its price on several top-selling drugs, such as Imbruvica for treating leukemia, Invokana for treating diabetes, Xarelto for blood anti-clotting. Other big companies including Amgen, Gilead, Celgene also hike their drugs list prices (Thomas Katie). List prices for drugs increases more than 12% in 2015, more than the increase of past 5 years combined. Many believe the drug cost increase is caused by the non-existent drug price…

is unimaginable to insist that a woman must give birth to a child if she does not want to. Otherwise they stop being human beings and simply become “two-legged wombs, that’s all: sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices” like in the dystopian society of Gilead (Atwood 157). Simply put, women must be given the right to choose what to do with their own bodies because it is a fundamental human right. As can be seen, it is obvious that legal abortion is critical for the wellbeing of women. Imagine a…