Sunday, 31 October 2010
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Research
The Second Sex-Simone de Beauvoiux
This book explores the way in which women have been treated over history. Women have been referred to as the "other" sex which sounds like they are not apart of society but just a small part of it. This links to the Handmaid's tale because Handmaid's act as 'wombs on legs' for society. This connotes that they play an insignificant part as they only have one role.
The Female Eunuch-Germain Greer
This book is about the second big imergence and advocation of feminism .Greer looks at the biological differences between men and women that cannot be changed and how social construction affects men and women psycologically.
This book explores the way in which women have been treated over history. Women have been referred to as the "other" sex which sounds like they are not apart of society but just a small part of it. This links to the Handmaid's tale because Handmaid's act as 'wombs on legs' for society. This connotes that they play an insignificant part as they only have one role.
The Female Eunuch-Germain Greer
This book is about the second big imergence and advocation of feminism .Greer looks at the biological differences between men and women that cannot be changed and how social construction affects men and women psycologically.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Chapter 18-Short passage
The passage has the repetition of the pronoun, I, which connotes to the reader that Offred is thinking about herself quite deeply;not in a selfish way but on reflection on what was just done to her. It makes the reader feel sympathy for Offred as she feels lonely.
Her use of the simile comparing herself and the sound of a rim of a glass shows that she feels hollow and somewhat 'thin'. The sound of a glass rim is not a very pleasant sound to the ear so for her to compare herself to this shows that she feels like she is not worthy. This can be also seen in other parts of the book; her feeling hollow and not complete as a person.
The typography of the passage is very basic but it include the adjective shatter in an italic which makes her feelings apparant to the reader. The way in which the writer structures the passage suggests that she wants the readers to feel that Offred is angry.
Her use of the simile comparing herself and the sound of a rim of a glass shows that she feels hollow and somewhat 'thin'. The sound of a glass rim is not a very pleasant sound to the ear so for her to compare herself to this shows that she feels like she is not worthy. This can be also seen in other parts of the book; her feeling hollow and not complete as a person.
The typography of the passage is very basic but it include the adjective shatter in an italic which makes her feelings apparant to the reader. The way in which the writer structures the passage suggests that she wants the readers to feel that Offred is angry.
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