Margaret Atwood's Waves: Fact Or Fiction?

The English colonies in the 17th century had many tensions, whether it was an internal civil war or conflict with the Native Americans. Bacon’s Rebellion and the Salem Witch Trials were results of the high tensions that dominated the colonies; however, despite the similarities between the events, each conflict has its own unique features that greatly differ from the other.

The Wave, by Todd Strasser, is a novel about a school-wide experiment about how the German people could have followed Hitler and the Nazis. Two characters Laurie Saunders and Robert Billings showed a dramatic change in their actions, popularity, and their emotions from the Wave experiment. Together they had a huge impact at their school, Gordon High.

I would give this rate because I really enjoyed this book. I thought the language in this book was very complex. I didn’t find the vocabulary very hard, but every sentence had a deeper meaning than on the surface. I thought that made this book was very insightful. I really related to Jacqueline because she was the youngest child in her family for a long time, and I am the youngest. I thought that Jacqueline struggled being the youngest and finding a place in her family, as do I sometimes. Overall I really enjoyed this book because I really could relate to most of Jacqueline's feelings. I really enjoyed this complex novel with all its imagery and vivid

Overall, “The Finest Hours” wasn't that good at the beginning but it got a lot better by the end. However, I don't really like nonfiction books so I probably would have never picked this book up off the shelf. But, if you are a teen and enjoy nonfiction disaster stories or books involving heroic rescues then you would probably savor this book. To conclude, I would rate this book around a 2.7 out of 5

Narrative texts can be interpreted in a variety of different ways and Crew’s techniques are unique and compelling. They grasp the reader’s attention by beginning the novel with a first person narration and talking directly to the audience outside of the novel’s context. The novel is historical fiction set in the 19th century with references from other novels that emerged in the 20th century. While reading the story there is a blurred line between fact and fiction of historical events through the use of fictocriticism. Gary crew contrived brilliantly for the young narrator to connect and relate to secondary school students. The allusions in Voicing the dead are obvious with the literately and genre techniques of Fictocriticism.

I have challenged myself in many ways throughout my educational life. One area of interest that I am proud I have pursued is my contribution to the community, by volunteering at Cats Only Veterinary Clinic. This position taught me a lot about myself and helped me learn about some areas I would like to explore in the future. I have been spending extra time learning information about the biology and chemistry of a cat to help me with my future educational goals. The Veterinarians at the Cats Only Clinic have been extremely kind to me by letting me get involved in learning more about the science behind cats. I have got the satisfaction of being able to observe surgical and no surgical operations like Radiology (x-rays), Dentistry, Spaying, Neutering,

Books that get published nowadays are usually intended for a specific audience. This often leads to a lack of interest by different audiences; Yancey, however, mitigates this problem with ease. “Finding a manuscript that will satisfy both audiences has become the holy grail of publishing. It's a tricky line to walk, and few succeed. But Rick Yancey's wildly entertaining new novel, The 5th Wave, is such a book” (Cronin). Mr. Cronin states it quite well, the book is incredibly entertaining. From

The wave and dead poets’ society respectively show the struggle between the concepts of individuality and conformity. The book and movie adopt different techniques and concepts to help deliver their messages. These include the similar themes in both such as the use of a school setting, the teacher figure who encourages students to either conform or rebel and individual characters struggling to be themselves in a conformist setting.

“Death by Landscape” The relationship between the main characters, Lucy and Lois is what builds up the story of “Death by Landscape.” The two girls are near-to-complete opposites and when one vanishes at the climax of the story, Margaret Atwood shows how the other copes with the mysterious disappearance and why it had to be Lucy to disappear. Lois had been to Camp Manitou before Lucy, so she felt as though she needed to help Lucy in everyway.

Poetry has been defined by many people in numerous ways. Robert Frost puts it perfectly stating “A poem begins in delight, it inclines to the impulse, it assumes a direction with the first line laid down, it runs a course of lucky events, and ends in a clarification of life…” In Margaret Atwood’s Siren Song, it does just that. The speaker portrays the scenery and the siren as danger.

1. Introduction Ayn Rand, who introduced objectivism, believed and defined things differently than others did. She would advocate selfishness, as well as having a logical, rational thought process.

Atwood uses the first chapter to introduce the characters and establish setting. She opens up the book by starting to describe the setting of the place in first person point of view from the character. This is effective because the first person point of view allows the narrator to contextualize key terms and explain through her actions and feelings what the new setting is. For example, “We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.”, “A balcony ran around the room, for the spectators, and I thought I could smell, faintly like and afterimage, the pungent scent of sweat, shot through with the sweet taint of chewing gum and perfume from the watching girls, felt skirted as I knew from pictures, later in miniskirts,

The Wave is a story about a high school senior class that has been intrigued to join their teacher’s cult known as the Wave. Several people tried to prevent the denial of his movement. Laurie Saunders the main character in the wave, is a rebellious girl who is very ashamed of this movement and is not inspired by her history teacher. He shows them a very emotional video of what Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party did. Some of the students take it more personal than others do. Because of Laurie’s bravery, independence, and determination, Laurie denies the Wave.

An important idea in The Wave is ‘words can be used for harm or for good’. This idea means that words can be used to hurt people mentally and create bad things, but, at the same time can cheer a person up and change their life in a good way. The confusing thing is, is that good words can also be bad. For example, if someone said that they won their basketball game and you said ‘good’, then that would be a good thing to say. It’s also quite the same with harmful words. In The Wave, this conundrum is used in a smart way. For example, Ben Ross is taking his first class with The Wave as a base when he introduces the line,

There are many companies in the world today that put an idea of this perfect female body into the heads of women. These images lead to a faulty standard men hold of women and their bodies and that women strive to become. Margaret Atwood addresses the issue of the way men view the female body by writing her essay in the viewpoints of a male so the reader can better understand how the expectation men have of the female body is unrealistic. First, she uses an allusive comparison to show the male expectation of the female body and how it is objectified as if it were a doll that comes with accessories. Next, she uses an anecdote with defamiliarization to show how the way the father views a Barbie doll and the way it portrays the female body to young girls is hypocritical. Lastly, Margaret Atwood uses insidious diction to talk about how men not only view the female body as a product but how they also use the female body as a product which can be sold amongst businessmen. In The Female Body, Margaret Atwood uses many rhetorical devices to convey how the female body is viewed through the eyes of men.