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can’t touch him” (Atwood 279). Offred throughout the story spends time with the Commander, even though they are only supposed to be with each other during the Ceremony. When she is with the Commander she reads, puts on makeup, is given gifts, plays scrabble, and wears different clothing items, all which are unorthodox events. Offred also has sexual relations with Nick to try to conceive a child, which is another unorthodox act. Serena, the Commander’s wife, suggests, “Maybe you should try it…

A majority of people who have read and then watched Slumdog Millionaire, would concur that the author and director took very different takes on the same main idea. Vikas Swarup, the author of Slumdog Millionaire, told the story of 18 year old Ram Mohammad Thomas. He was swiftly arrested on the account of cheating on the game show “Who Will Win a Billion”. Ram then had to recount his life story to prove how he knew all of the answers. The director, Danny Boyle, had taken the book Slumdog…

For this essay I will be talking about my: skills, interests (inside & outside of school), multiple intelligences, the way I like being taught, whether I 'm a creator doer or fixer, and also values I have like patience or independence, and also what my future career will be. I will be doing a report because I dislike writing essays. Interests I am a hands on type of person and I find it easier to learn when I am taught with actually doing stuff instead of being told, I don’t like having to…

Offred is a slave, she is a slave to an internal war within herself and an outside war that she has no control over. Offred is a handmaid. During a time of war her family and her were separated and she was given a choice. She could either choose to go to the colonies and clean up nuclear waste, or she could be a handmaid and give her body up for the wars purpose. The purpose of being a handmaid is to be an instrument, to bare children for the commanders and their wives. Offred only wants to find…

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…

Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel Clemens, was one of the best, if not the best, authors of the 19th century. Twain’s most influential novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a critique of southern romanticism. He repudiated romantic literature as he felt that it imbued the reader with false hopes. For this reason, it appears to be ironic that Twain would incorporate elements of romanticism within a work that criticized such elements within literature. The novel contains elements of…

While we were completing the activity during class, I noticed myself contemplating past events and all the moments in life that have brought me where I am today. At first, I was scared to step forward or back because I did not want to be judge by my fellow peers and thought it wouldn’t matter if I moved or not. However, after the first couple of questions I decided to answer honestly and noticed how much I have been discriminated in my life due to my economic class and race. Growing up in my…

The Handmaid's Tale, a novel about a typical ordinary woman named Offred. In this society woman don’t have basic rights like the choice to choose and being allowed to read. Her name doesn't sound like any typical name because she has become property and named after the commander who in this society owns her. Offred's occupation, handmaiden serves as a vessel to carry children of the rich and wealthy. Infertile and unimportant woman are sent to the colonies and suffer a short life in hard labor.…

Racism has been a part of life since forever, and it has been apart of other countries besides America, some even believe that it’s been around since the dawn of human forming tribes and such. The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, based on the life of a slave, was written after the civil war reflecting the views of how southerners treated and behaved with the slaves. In the novel some reasons of racism are that; most people were considerate on treating slaves respectfully…

Sneha stood bright-eyed center stage in the dead silence that amplified her heartbeat. Each graceful movement she executed validated that we rise by lifting others. I felt my neurotransmitters release the ‘happiness hormone’ as I locked eyes with every child waiting their turn to perform. The event ‘A Musical Evening’ aimed to propagate equality for people with disabilities, raise funds and change societal perceptions about the differently abled. These funds would enable children like Sneha to…