Margaret Laurence

Elizabeth Pham Professor Sara Moore English 200 4th February 2016 Dystopian Freedom The Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood is a dystopian novel based in a totalitarian Christian theocracy that has forcibly removed the United States government from power and has become the Republic of Gilead. Due to the terrible decline in reproduction rates because of natural disasters, women become an essential part of ensuring that the population does not drop any further. In this republic, women are…

Fighting for Moral Sense: Analyzing the Effects on Mental Health in The Post-Apocalyptic World of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake To survive in a post-apocalyptic time requires sacrifice, one of the sacrifices being moral sense. Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake is set in a post-apocalyptic world, Jimmy or his post-apocalyptic name Snowman being the son of a scientist that was a contributing factor to the failure of humanity. The moral sense of Snowman has been dehumanized by society’s…

The 1920s is commonly known as “The Roaring Twenties” because of the economic boom following World War I. This decade is also marked by a clash between conservatives trying to preserve the values and beliefs of prior years and liberals wanting to see change made in society. Although having saw minor conservative triumphs like the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, the 1920s were predominantly liberal and innovative in areas regarding women and technology. Granted, with the resurgence of the Ku Klux…

In Margaret Atwood’s book, Oryx and Crake Childhood plays an important role in the lives of all characters. Jimmy has constant flashbacks to his childhood, which explains how his childhood shaped his whole life. The story takes place in the future where Jimmy lives with his scientifically oriented parents in an isolated compound. The compound has no value for those who are not scientifically capable. However, Jimmy is more of a “word person” and his talent is mostly unappreciated in his world…

she respects Madame even if she is not yet Diouana’s employer. In Madame’s eyes, this means that Diouana will be more obedient to her employers and will be less likely to speak her mind out of respect for her authority. By solely watching the movie, however, viewers do not immediately understand why Madame chooses Diouana over a more eager candidate on the street corner. “The Promised Land” gives a greater context to this issue that eventually leads to Diouana’s treatment that reduces her…

The Handmaid’s tale is a book written by Margaret Atwood in 1985. She believed that this country was heading in the wrong direction so she wrote a book to get people to understand her view; she said we are heading backwards not forwards in our progression. Margaret Atwood is a famous writer known for such books as The Handmaid’s tale, Cat’s eye, Alias grace, The blind assassin, Oryx and crake, and surfacing. One of Atwood’s famous quotes is War is what happens after language fails, when two or…

like the saying, “Not all that glitters is gold” and the Central theme of Alias is that Women should not conform to societys idea of what their sexuality should or should not be. Dystopianism is an important theme in the novel The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood.…

Authentic: Margaret Fuller: A New American Life tells “Margaret Fuller’s story from the inside, using most direct evidence-- her own words, and those of her family and friends, recorded in the moment, preserved in archives” (Marshall, 2013, pg. xxi). Because Marshall, in her writing, used Fuller’s “own words” there was little need for the author herself interpret Fuller's thoughts or draw her own conclusions; rather, Marshall was left to research and provide Fuller’s ideas and beliefs in a…

Church. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau organized the transcendental club. Other important members of the club were F. H hedge, George Ripley, Bronson Alcott, Margaret Fuller, and Theodore Parker. Much of their writing appeared in the Dial, a journal from 1840 to 1844, which was edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller. George Ripley founded Brook Farm, a cooperative…

hierarchical society, identity—which has been a constant topic or struggle throughout all three works—, or social class systems, elements of dystopian concepts can be seen through Aldous Huxley's Brave New World as well as George Orwell’s 1984 and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. The audience simply could not have asked for a better protagonist than Winston Smith. Not only does the reader identify with him, but they also have the privilege of viewing the world through his eyes and his eyes…