Margaret Trudeau

In both, The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crate, Margaret Atwood creates societies where government control is omnipresent. The Handmaid’s Tale is set in a future dystopian society named Gilead in which people use their power to take advantage of others. In the novel, all aspects of life are watched by The Eyes. They are everywhere and their presence and identities are unknown. This is a main fear for the public. They are used to create a sense of control over the citizens and are used as…

Human/Sexual Trafficking in Oryx and Crake In Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, finds himself in a post apocalyptic world that has been ravaged of its humanity as a result of a synthetically virulent plague.With no form of human contact, except for the presence of bizarre genetically engineered humanoid creatures called the Crakers, Snowman attempts to keep a grip on his sanity by recounting his past life.Oryx and Crake serves as a cautionary tale about the…

paradise or an ideal. Throughout this course, we have constraints, dilemmas. The genesis is explained in different point of view by the three monotheistic religions. But at the end it is the same god, the same ancestors. In Oryx and Crake, the writer Margaret Atwood covers both topics; science and myths. She gave also her strong point of view. In her opinion, Myth has a positive impact on the community by providing a framework of thinking and behaving. Meanwhile scientific innovations both…

Living in a city with constant surveillance would drive anyone to paranoia. This is exactly what happens in Margaret Atwood’s book The Handmaid’s Tale. In this novel about a handmaid named Offred, the multiple strategically placed methods of surveillance drive her to moments of senselessness and cause her to lose sight of control, individuality, and independence. Gilead has several methods of surveillance set up throughout their community. First, they have the ominous Eyes. These are people…

World renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood is the writer of countless poems, essays, criticisms, short stories, and novels. The author of over a dozen novels, Atwood continually features female protagonists and covers themes pertaining to women. The Handmaid’s Tale deals with the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that replaces the United States and returns to the suppression of women. Another one of Atwood’s novels, Alias Grace focuses on Grace Marks, a women…

Toni Morrison 's The Bluest Eye and Margaret Atwood 's The Handmaid 's Tale are novels that include many instances of violence in order to demonstrate how brutality informed the ideas and lives of their characters. The Bluest Eye introduces the character of Pecola Breedlove, a young girl whose life has been characterized by habitual exposure to violence. Pecola develops and maintains the idea that she is unworthy of better circumstances and the frequency of violence throughout her life foster…

not equal. There is still a wage discrepancy. There is still an argument that women’s bodies should be monitored and controlled, such as in the argument for pro-life. In some countries, there are laws against a woman driving or leaving the house. Margaret Atwood wrote A Handmaid’s Tale, which exemplifies how a society ruled by men can also mean a society that oppresses women so harshly so as to take away their wages completely, control their bodies with monthly pelvic exams, and where they are…

Margaret Atwood is a well-known Canadian author who uses several aspects in her writing to successfully inform her audience. Atwood has written several award-winning novels such and “The Handmaids Tale” and “Alias Grace”. Both of these novels are important because Atwood uses her writing to show the importance of Women’s rights and equality. In both novels, Atwood uses a female as the main character and shows the unfair treatment of women in both books. While “The Handmaids Tale” is set in the…

The title, Sana Maabot ang Langit, in Velutha’s point of view, the Langit represents Ammu who is in the higher position in the caste system and Velutha, an untouchable can never reach her. Based on the novel, this is a book that is a letter to the powerless, whether it is women who are not allowed to follow the direction of their heart or men who suffered because they are from the wrong caste. Therefore the designed poster is a form of triangle that represents the caste system in India, and Ammu…

Explore the issue of belonging and how it is presented in ‘An Unknown Girl’ (Moniza Alvi) and ‘The Necklace’ (Guy de Maupassant) Although one is a poem and the other a famous short story, both ‘An Unknown Girl’ and ‘The Necklace’ are united by one ubiquitous theme: the issue of belonging. ‘An Unknown Girl’ explores how the narrator, who remains anonymous, finds her sense of belonging in an Indian bazaar through hennaing, with the help of an unknown girl. In ‘The Necklace’, Maupassant tells…