Throughout The Handmaid’s Tale‚ and Little Women‚ Margaret Atwood and Gillian Armstrong respectively present the struggle women face to establish identities within patriarchal societies. Both authors explore this cause by setting their texts in a society where men are empowered and women potentially disempowered. Where Atwood creates a destructive patriarchy through a futuristic dystopia that strips women of individuality‚ Armstrong contrastingly explores the idea that women can create an identity
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Big Brother isn’t watching you Russell Brand wrote a commentary on the 2011 UK riots. But what does he have to say? Not a lot‚ you would think‚ since he does not reside there anymore. Surprisingly‚ Brand wrote the commentary with‚ of course‚ a humoristic tone‚ but still maintaining the seriousness of this matter. Let me start by saying that the 2011 UK riots were allegedly caused by the death of Mark Duggan in police custody. Surely‚ this ought to stir the tension in some minorities‚ if not‚ larger
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General election victory remarks‚ 1979 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) Location: 10 Downing Street … . Well‚ it’s been a wonderful campaign. Congratulations! Mrs. Thatcher: Thank you very much. Question: How do you feel at this moment? Mrs. Thatcher: Very excited‚ very aware of the responsibilities. Her Majesty The Queen has asked me to form a new administration and I have accepted. It is‚ of course‚ the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. (Cheering) I know full
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So I just finished reading The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and I could not be more in agreeance with its messages. In case you don’t know‚ the book was written during the first waves of feminism and civil rights movements and depicts a dystopian society known as the Republic of Gilead which took over what used to be known as the United States in 1985. The book addresses various social controversies which were present at the time‚ and frankly most of which are issues I still see today such
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Duffy had seen her neighbours snowman stolen from their front garden. Getting inspired by this‚ she had written this poem reflecting on the problems that occured in that moment‚ hence it was the time in Britain where unemployment was high due to Margaret Thatcher’s (the Prime Minister during the 1980’s) government policies. The poem starts with a rhetorical question‚ "The most unusual thing I ever stole?" This question seems like it’s been repeated to oneself after hearing the same question which
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orderly eradication of the human race‚ the world was left in destruction and damage‚ though they were not the only remnants. A new world begins with the ending of the human race by cataclysmic epidemic followed by the emergence of a perfect race. Margaret Atwood’s science fiction novel‚ Oryx and Crake‚ explores a globalized world‚ particularly the social constructs and unforeseen consequences of a science-driven‚ culturally eroded society dominated by hyper-commodification and corporate supremacy
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Margaret was born March 23‚ 1984 to Nora and Augue DeFrancisco. She grew up in Chicago‚ Illinois with her mother and her older sister Regina. Margaret’s father was a convicted drug dealer and wasn’t around much while she was growing up. Margaret and her sister were both known as good students and no one could recall them ever getting into trouble. The girls were also known for their beauty and this caught the attention of many men. This proved to be deadly to a man named Oscar Velazquez. Oscar had
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What does the word perfect mean? Well‚ according to the Webster Dictionary‚ it means “being entirely without fault or defect” and/or “corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept.” Many people strive to be perfect. Whether it is the perfect hair‚ the perfect group of friends‚ or the perfect body; people strive for a perfect life. But is a perfect life an achievable thing? Everyone has a different idea of perfection‚ therefore; it is impossible to find one that we can all agree on. But the
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nor willpower to defend remote islands which most of its electorate had never heard of. On the contrary‚ General Galtieri – the head of Argentina’s military Junta – had made one crucial error: he’d seriously underestimated Britain’s Prime Minister‚ Margaret Thatcher. Dismissing pleas from her defence officials‚ Thatcher ordered a small taskforce to recover the Falklands in one of the most ambitious military undertakings in British history (Snow & Snow‚ 2007). Against all the odds‚ and spectacularly
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The novel goes immediately into an unfamiliar‚ unexplained world‚ using unfamiliar terms like “Handmaid‚” “Angel‚” and “Commander” that only comes to make sense as the story progresses. In this novel‚ Margaret Atwood tells more than the story of Offred‚ the story of Gilead‚ and the story of a society set in the future where women are classified depending on the status of their husbands and the status of their “ovaries”. Their function is to be impregnated
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