"Our commonsense explanations of the world and ourselves are problematised by Atwood through her novel. Nothing is quite as it seems‚ when we look at anything (in a mirror‚ in the past‚ at others) it is refracted as if through water." Discuss the ideas and issues in the novel in relation to this statement‚ paying particular attention to the techniques and narrative elements used to show this. Our commonsense explanations of the world are based on the absolutes in our lives. Ways of seeing have been
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To an extent The Gathering portrays the dark side of human nature. A dark side of a human is the side that tells that human to do evil and bad things. The Gathering is a novel written by Isobelle Carmody. When the main character Nathanial and his mother move to a new town called Cheshunt he realises that something is terribly wrong. He soon finds himself in a group with four other people called the chain‚ fighting the dark‚ ancient evil that bruised Cheshunt a long time ago. A long time ago Cheshunt
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The Gathering is a novel written by Isobelle Carmody. The Gathering is a novel about a group of children who defeat Mr Karle‚ the evil leader of a group called the Gathering. I believe that the Gathering is about the triumph between good and evil but also about the self-discovery of different characters. The definition of triumph is “the fact of being successful or victorious.” The definition of self-discovery means “the process of acquiring insight into one’s own character.” The characters‚ Nathanial
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“Margaret Atwood” An honored Canadian writer who is globally recognized as a feminist and a role model for developing writers‚ you may ask who this person is; she is no other Margaret Eleanor Atwood herself. Margaret Eleanor Atwood was born in Ottawa‚ Ontario Canada on the day of November 18‚ 1939. Atwood was the middle child of her mother and father: Margaret Eleanor Atwood was born in Ottawa‚ Ontario Canada on the day of November 18‚ 1939. Atwood was the middle child
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Handmaid’s Tale‚ authored by Margaret Atwood. Atwood manipulates language to show that it is used to oppress women‚ which causes a dysfunctional society. To start‚ Atwood’s female characters develop an inferiority complex on how they are viewed. Main character Offred reflects on the male thought process as seen in the following quote. “This is the kind of touch they like: folk art‚ archaic‚ made by women‚ in their spare time‚ from things that have no further use.” (Atwood 3). It is important to
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Nathanial is trying to fight the evil but his mother is stoping him without even knowing(the darkness is taking over her). Issues Nathanial struggles to fight the evil with bullys trying to persuade him‚ in their evil ways‚ to cross to The gathering(evil gang). His only friends are the "good" people and he can have no social contact with them so the "Kraken" doesn’t defeat them. Ideas Nathanial has no social friends to support him Social Nathanial uses his social life to benefit
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Margaret Atwood’s Novel thoroughly depicts feminist and government control issues. Atwood’s intent is to warn society about the dangers surrounding such issues in order to prevent a world like Gilead. Gilead is an anti-feminist society in which women have been oppressed for the sole reason of reproduction necessities and for the infertile women‚ they also have been deprived from any vocal expression or any textual knowledge in order to maintain power within the males and the regime; women are deprived
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freedom? Margaret Atwood raises these questions and many more in her novel The Handmaid’s Tale. She uses the character Offred to demonstrate passive behavior and acceptance of a totalitarian regime after the fall of the United States. In the new Republic of Gilead‚ Offred is a Handmaid‚ a surrogate for the government’s elite. Before Gilead‚ Offred was married with a daughter‚ her mother and best friend were both feminists and she had a decent job. Offred is a controversial character because Atwood makes
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This essay is an analysis of the novel ‘The Gathering’ by Isobelle Carmody. The novel is about good and evil‚ inner struggle‚ human nature‚ conformity and individuality‚ friendship and cooperation. The main group character is Nathanial and he is in a teenager group‚ called ‘The Chain’. The people in the group are Nathanial‚ Nissa‚ Lallie‚ Seth‚ Danny and Indian. Nathanial is a new boy to the school because he and his mother have been moving frequently since his parents were divorced. Their house
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“I’ll tell you what real love is … I’ll give you a good example. And then you can draw your own conclusions” (Carver 144). Addressing the constant fear of existential nothingness‚ Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” and Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” explore how the actions of characters‚ however useless they may appear to be‚ can impact happiness. Both stories begin at a point of ignorance‚ and develop their messages as the characters have to face the real but distressing
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