Margaret Atwood Critical Analysis

“I bear I will be born this is a crime I will not acknowledge leaves and wind hold onto me I will not give in”(Atwood 3). In the selections The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Half- Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood scapegoating is found in both. A society under stress can affect a person or a group of people more likely by the cause of scapegoating then it can others.

In “The Page” and “Bread” and how does Margaret Atwood use everyday objects to make readers question their own innocence and experience? What is the significance of this?

In both Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Vonnegut’s “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, the authors show major concerns about the future. Bradbury’s major concern is the misuse of technology that leads to the corruption of society while Vonnegut’s major concern is overpopulation and the lack of natural resources for the future. Both authors show concerns that can turn out to be real if people do not do anything about the environment and about technology.

I would say that the Jews and African Americans are good examples for this type of propaganda. The reason why I pick these two groups is because African Americans and the Jews had the same thing in common in history as the Japanese Americans did during the mid 1900’s. African Americans had to be slaves during the 1800’s, for they didn’t get there “freedom” till the late 1800’s. The Jewish people were also in the same position as the Japanese Americans; however, the Jews had much worse than what the Japanese Americans had been through because they were being killed and their population had decreases massively. Therefore, both of the groups would react that no matter what ethnicity they are from, or what ancestor they came from, they wouldn’t agree with the foe even if they came from that

Helen Keller once stated “… although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it…” This can be translated by meaning we have experiences that can be challenging and only gets harder, only so we can beat them. I strongly agree with this quote. I chose two works of literature to prove this saying, and opinion to be true. The first piece I have chosen is “Words Not Spoken” by Beatrice Boyle. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury would be the second literary piece I chose.

Weaknesses: He won’t ever be able to decapitate someone’s head off with an axe, though seriously he isn’t made for being in melee combat. While he ironically is a tad durable than what you would expect for a mage, Jared is nonetheless a dedicated supporting character who resists direct combat unless around his allies. He is vulnerable to electric magic, (in fact he has a phobia of lighting,) as well as Earth magic. Also he can be tempted and corrupted into becoming a dark mage and/or becoming evil.

Human trafficking,the illegal practice of trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation, is a crime that affects the most vulnerable citizens of society. After drugs, it the largest criminal activity globally! The victims must be the primary concern for all law enforcement units. Human trafficking in the world can be diminished and possibly erased through teachings, government intervention, and awareness.

“I think it’s the kind of events that replays itself throughout history when cultures come under stress. When societies come under stress these kinds of things happen. People start looking around for essentially human sacrifices. They start looking around for somebody they can blame…” (Margaret Atwood). Throughout time people have engaged in actions that they later regret and instead of taking it upon themselves they have simply given someone else the responsibility of the blame.

As unfortunate as it is, we will go through many struggles, hardships, and heartbreaks throughout the span of our lives. While we've all experienced times where we wish we could bypass all the low points, and instead experience only happiness, there is reason behind the trials and tribulations we face. For example, in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the main character, Joel, falls in love with a girl named Clementine only to have the relationship fall apart. Breakups are a natural, yet very painful part of life and it would be spectacular if we didn't have to go through them, but sometimes it's these hardships that provide us with a lesson to be gained. We learn about what we like or dislike about a partner. We learn about what may have caused the relationship to fail, and then we learn how we can avoid those problems in future relationships. In Fahrenheit 451, the plot encompasses around the idea that the world needs more censorship, and in the dystopia in which the novel takes place, the solution to a seemingly "better" society is to burn books. The solution in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is to have your memory of the person that caused you heartbreak to be erased. Perhaps these solutions may "fix" certain negative qualities about the way life operates, they are only putting a band-aid over life's problems, and therefore not resulting in an effective or morally correct outcome. Given the fact that censorship poses a hindrance to the development of society

Fahrenheit 451 is an enlightening story featuring a man, Guy Montag, who is struggling with his desire to read in a society where reading is prohibited. While it is plausible that Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 to inform the readers on how damaging it is to disregard books and turn completely to technology, it is much more likely that he wrote this book to show how important thinking on your own, or individual thinking, is. He does this by creating Montag, a dynamic character who experiences a journey from ignorance to enlightenment. His purpose in doing this is to to warn his audience, predominantly teenagers and young adults, of a possible outcome if people don’t start thinking for themselves.

In “Recitatif” the two woman Twyla and Robert meet each other as children when they were put in an orphanage. They became acquainted because they were afraid of the other children that were at the shelter. In this short story, the author doesn’t make the race of the women clear. The author did this with intent to reveal the stereotypes that the reader assumes throughout the short story to decide on the race of Twyla and Roberta. Their encounter with Maggie was significantly important because both Twyla and Roberta had different memories of Maggie in the orchard, they then come to the conclusion that neither of them remembers what race Maggie was or even what happened to her. In “Recitatif” Morrison captures the nature of racial identity by using symbolism, diction, and friendship.

The Nazis and Hitler used extreme propaganda in attempt for people to accept their actions. Hitler made the Jews out to be a problem and a threat to the purity and perfection of German society (Holocaust Encyclopdia: Nazi Propaganda ). In Hitler’s speech to the Reichstag in September, 1942, he states,

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet and novelist. She was born in 1939 in Ottawa, Canada and has written over forty fiction books in addition to poems and critical essays (2013-17, Margaret atwood biography). Her book of poetry, The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970) was inspired by a dream Atwood had of Susanna Moodie. Moodie was an English writer who immigrated to Canada in 1832 with her husband in order to secure a better life for her growing family. Atwood had read Moodie’s book Roughing It In The Bush prior to her dream that inspired her to write her own book of poetry about the immigrant woman. Moodie’s book is centered around six various stories that she wrote at different points in her life. Similarly, Atwood broke her book of poetry

Judith Butler questions the belief that behaviors of either sex are natural. She proposes a rather radical theory that gender is performative and that sex is constructed. When gender is being performed, it means that someone would take on a role, acting in such a way that gives society the idea of their gender and constructs part of their identity. To be performative means that we produce a series of effects.Gender is constructed and is not in any way connected ‘naturally’ to sex.

Atwood uses “Happy Endings” in identifying and explaining the type of ending fictional stories should have and why. Works of fiction should have a happy ending which Atwood terms appealing to our ethical nature and therefore moral. Atwood provides a number of stories that implies different endings. However, the ending in the first story is referred in all other stories as the befitting ending. Atwood acknowledges the desires of works of fiction to bring out creativity by bring out intensity and passion, but this is only possible in the introduction and the body of a fictional story. All fictional stories have to end in the same way, a way that appeals to the human