visits Hailsham and shows little interest in the students, this conveys that the world outside of Hailsham condemns Kathy’s kind and that she will constantly be fighting a predetermined identity that civilisation has formed for her. In contrast, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, portrays the progression of finding identity in extreme circumstances. The name of the characters reveals early on in the novel that people within Gilead society don’t have a sense of individualism, for example…
Hello and good afternoon to everyone here. My name Madame C.J. Walker and I was born named Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana. My parents are Owen and Minerva Breedlove. I am the fifth of my brothers and sisters. I was the first person in my family to be free-born meaning not born a slave. During the 1890s, I started to develop a scalp disorder that caused me to lose most of my hair. I realized that I wanted to experiment with homemade and store-bought treatments to help my…
until such a time where we possess the ability to efficiently, and cheaply replicate all necessary human organs, the highly-profitable, and often black-market organ trade facilitates the extension of human life. Delving into a dystopian future, Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake reveals a reality where artificial organs are easily produced. Although the artificially-made organ trade depicted in Oryx and Crake differs from our world’s black-market trade dominated by human-harvested organs, the…
Prime Minister of Canada. Let’s take a look at his past. Justin Trudeau was born on December 25, 1971 in Ottawa Civic Hospital. He is the son of Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Sinclair. Trudeau attended the University of British Columbia and McGill University. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is his wife and his children are Hadrien, Ella-Grace Margaret, and Xavier Jones Trudeau. He loves to spend time with his family and spends every free second with them. Justin Trudeau actually was a great boxer! He…
companies cover portions of it for lesser copays? Should government stay out of it? When in the same realm men can receive a prescription such as Viagra without debate or questions from outside parties. The year was 1916 when a young lady by the name of Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic for women (Planned Parenthood). There she would distribute free contraceptives to women in her…
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood We all believe oppression is thing of the past, right? What if it isn’t? What if oppression was a thing in our future too? In the story “ The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, a futuristic story about a dystopian society that oppresses women and treats them as property, years after women had been finally equal in society. In this society women are not allowed to read, so all signs are turned into pictures, women also cannot leave the house more than…
After thorough examination, Birzer seeks to explain the impact of Atwood and her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale throughout society. Bizer claims Atwood’s message has influenced many educational institutes across the U.S. and Canada. Bizer claims, “The Handmaid’s Tale has become a significant artifact of North American postmodern culture” (Bizer 40). Atwood, according to Bizer, has written yet one of the best dystopian novels due to her ability to explain events occurring prior to actual…
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” Margaret Thatcher, the first female British prime minister, 1925-2013, stated this meaningful quote. Meaning that you have to fight for what you want and keep fighting because it will take more than one try to accomplish your goal. The quote by Margaret Thatcher can relate to many famous well know people, for example, there was a man named Steve Jobs who was the co-founder and CEO of Apple. As a kid, he acquired a passion for…
Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is the second oldest out of her two siblings. She spent most of her time in the woods of Quebec admiring nature. In her poetry, she provided a lot of background considering she is always observant in the woods. Her father was an entomologist, a branch of zoology dealing with insects. In 1946, she moved to Toronto with her family and focused on writing. She loved creative writing and knew that she was going to have a…
The RMS Titanic sank in 1912, but rose again in 1997. The film, which took a sweeping 11 Oscars home at the 1998 Academy Awards, touched the hearts of enormous audiences for its gut-wrenching love story, brilliant cinematography, and its use of strong female protagonists. The narrative is told through a female lens, and while it has many of the qualities usually seen in the romance genre, Titanic brings a new light to how female characters should be written. The exploration of gender stereotypes…