Scapegoating In Modern Society: Lusus Naturae By Margaret Atwood

Scapegoating in Modern Society In our “monster” stories we learned about several instances where innocent people were portrayed as monsters. In modern society we do the same thing; we see someone that looks different than us and want to lay all our mistakes on them. In “Lusus Naturae” by Margaret Atwood a girl with a disease that makes her hairy with pink teeth, red fingernails, and yellow eyes watches a couple having intercourse in a meadow. She thought that they were like her because of the sounds they made and how they moved about. One day after years of isolation she decides to touch and bite the man after he’s fallen asleep. The touching of course wakes the man and he perceives her as a monster. The town should blame themselves since