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While the first chapter of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is not even two pages long, it introduces two key components to the story--oppression and women. The novel takes place in the Republic of Gilead, a dystopian society that has taken over the United States of America. Where there are oppressors, there are the oppressed, and this group is primarily made up of women. Offred, the narrator, gives insight into her new life, as well as the lives around her. While they are sent to Red…

Life is Beautiful by Robert Benigni is a romantic war movie. When a Jewish librarian, Guido becomes victims of the Holocaust with his son, he tells his son their playing a certain game, when reality is fatally different. With humor and imagination he uses these techniques to protect his son from the danger Nazi concentration camps. Although the film won several Oscars’, many critics who accused the production to have falsely depiction of the Holocaust, unrealistic plot and comedy attacked…

“There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it”(Charles Edward Montague).The Book Thief a novel by Markus Zusak, shows the horrors of World War Two through the perspective of a German family. Throughout the story many characters come and go, but one of the most pivotal character is Hans Hubermann. Hans is the Foster father to liesel, and a husband to Rosa. He is caring and loving, but most importantly he is unselfish. Hans is super…

Prompt #1: After Victor reads Elizabeth’s letter, he seems very distressed. He didn’t want his family to worry about him like that, so he quickly wrote them back. I think felt this way because the one who told him about the worry his family had for him was Elizabeth. He cared for and didn’t want her to be sad due to his actions. “ ‘Dear, dear Elizabeth!’ I exclaimed when I had read her letter, ‘I will write instantly and relieve them from the anxiety they must feel.’ I wrote, and this exertion…

Context: After the exhausting birth event, Offred comes home to the Commander’s household all wiped out, only to find herself asleep. With the help of Cora, Offred is wakened up for dinner and realizes that Cora really hopes for the arrival of yet another baby, meaning Offred’s. Meanwhile, this conversation is going on, Offred remembers Nick informing her that the Commander wants to see her in his office. A meeting that surrounds itself around playing Scrabble and a goodbye kiss, in favor by the…

Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” depicts a dystopian society in the Republic of Gilead in which the government considers women as property and valuable if their ovaries are viable. The new society now stresses the conformity of women in the household and reinstated domestic roles which they must accept. The “Colonies”, an area that supports limited life, and group hangings exist as scare tactics to suppress any rebellion amongst the handmaids and in the household. This society is believed…

Resemblance between “American Beauty” and Today In all honesty, the film “American Beauty” had my brain twisted in confusion for the first half of it. I felt overwhelmed by the sheer amount of symbolism found in the film. However as the movie went on, a lot of it made much more sense and with that, it also felt more relatable. By the end of the film, everything about each character felt so real. “American Beauty” uses these characters to showcase multiple themes that hold strong parallel to how…

same year Britney received Female artist of the year at the Billboard Music Awards. That next January she won favorite pop/rock new artist. In February she was nominated for two awards at the Grammys. Later that year “Oops…I did it again” hit the radios and broke the record for most radio adds in one day. That very song also sold 1.3 million copies sold within the first week. Her next awards show was the MTV music awards where she performed. Her performance began with Britney in a black…

Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book writes about a young boy named Nobody Owens or Bod who has a unique relationship with the dead. Throughout the novel Bod learns many things that the dead know about and don’t. With his guardian Silas, a mysterious figure who is neither living nor dead, Bod learns multiple things about life, the dead, and how powerful knowledge is. Knowledge is Power and power is what Bod seeks in order to protect himself, avenge his family, and put a stop to the Man Jack…

Memories are things that everyone has and they are constantly replacing one another as life goes on. The book, The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margret Atwood, is about a futuristic way that people live their lives. The protagonist of this book, Offred, is one of the many handmaids in the society of Gilead and she is forced to be a handmaids and has to deal with the problems that being a handmaid lead to. One of the main problems she faces is trying to keep the memories she created before she became a…