Scrabble

different types of residence that live there, I would also say this is a skilled nursing facility and mental health facility. In this facility there are residents of all ages. Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Kidd have lunch together everyday, they play cards or scrabble. They began to have a daily routine. One day Mrs. Cross takes interest

justification that all women are powerless. One example of this theory is Atwood’s symbolic Scrabble game in “The Handmaid’s Tale”. “A positive significance of episodes such as the illicit Scrabble game lies in the pattern revealed of how individual people can escape … the process in which they are turned into things to be put to use under the utilitarian demands of the system.” (A 'Variety of Literary Utopias'). The Scrabble game is significant because it shows just how much women are actually capable

The effect of words, powerless and innocent as they are, depending on the one who combines them can have good and evil outcomes. In the hands of Margaret Atwood, she used her knowledge and different interpretation of words in her dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale in a very indirect and devious way making her novel a treasure hunt in search of these key words for the understanding of the novel. The novel takes place in Gilead, a very dark future of the United States, governed by a theocratic government

In one of the most pivotal moments in Suspicion, the “scrabble game” scene, the cinematography plays a key role in presenting information to the audience beyond what is explicitly given. Huddled around a small table, Lina, Johnnie and Beaky are engaged in a word game--much similar to that of Scrabble--where the player creates words from lettered tiles. The film is very particular in its choice of the words formed, for reason that the words are a projection of what Lina is thinking. When the scene

Coming to middle school, I expected it to be really hard and scary. It was a big, new school, and so many new people and teachers in it. There was so many fears. Different types of activities. Also, so many teachers. In the end, I faced my fears, joined different activities, and accomplish some achievements. Facing my fears wasn't easy, but I faced some of them. One of my fears was being shoved inside a locker. Which never happened in the four years at the middle school. I have always been

Margaret Atwood in The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood illustrates how a dystopian society ruled by the commanders of Gilead has completely removed every aspect of independence from society. The Handmaid's Tale has become increasingly significant in the 21st century because of the similarities between the way women are being oppressed now as well as the gradual incline towards the removal of many of our freedoms such as the right to have an abortion. Atwoods representation of oppression are becoming

For the first few weeks we played a lot of Scrabble. Lillian was part of a Scrabble Club growing up and Scrabble has always been a big part of her life since then. Playing Scrabble showed that their semantic memory is still intact. In class, we talked about how semantic memory is in the memory-systems perspective, a moderately resilient type of memory; refers to

to his apartment, he requests her “to play Scrabble with him” (Atwood 145). As the reader receives the message that The Commander invites Offred to go to his house, they most likely will infer that The Commander is going to force her to have a sexual relationship with him, or even rape her. However, he does not do anything offensive to Offred. Surprisingly, he is such a kind and amiable person. The only requirement he has is to have someone to play Scrabble with him. This contrast does not only flip

How does Atwood presents the importance of language in The Handmaid’s Tale? Throughout the novel, we see evidence of indoctrination in all of the characters. This indoctrination process appears to be primarily carried out by Gilead’s manipulation of language among its residents. Language is a powerful tool in shaping our thoughts and how we behave; the control and exploitation of discourse in the regime shows us not only this, but also how language can provide power as well as take it away. Gilead’s

was a repurposed chester drawers. “How’s it going Meme?” I asked as I got into the little white car. Her real name was Alma Ford, but everyone called her Meme ever since my mother was little. “It’s going good, I played Scrabble with Nana earlier!” She replies. “didn’t she play scrabble with you yesterday as well?” I responded