Literary Analysis #2 - 6 views

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  #1 Jessica Strom on 14 Jan 11

   

  Argument:
  The article is demonstrating their agreements with Margaret Atwood. The contemporary issues that we are having today could possibly effect the future in an negative way if they are not taken care of the correct way, or in any way. Michael Dirda shows his concern by selecting problems from the book and relate them to the problems that the world is actually experiencing. The relation of the book to modern society sort of opens the readers eyes to what could and the possibilities of what the future may hold.
  
  Evidence:
  
  As dismal as it is, this future often seems little different from today. Pleebrats still have cellphones and hang out in malls and play computer games like Barbarian Stomp. (Michael Dirda).
  
  
  Still, the book regularly undercuts the horrific with touches of comedy -- Ren talks about her work at Scales and Tails as "the daily grind" -- and Atwood superbly captures the voices and attitudes of the serious Adam One, the frivolous Lucerne, the resourceful Toby and the rather simple-minded and fragile Ren (MIchael Dirda).
  
  Thoughts:
  
  The author of the article gives his agreements towards Margaret Atwood and her thrilling story. He also mentions that he believes that this Canadian writer portrays the effects of the problems not taken care of in a manner that makes the reader understand and think.
  
  Personally, I think that the story is creative and different, but that some of the exaggerations and points made in the book are slightly over exaggerated.
  
  Quotes:
  
  "Blood and Roses was like Monopoly, only you had to corner the genocide and atrocity market. Extinctathon was a trivia game you played with extinct animals." (Year of the Flood).
  
  ...only two people have survived a deadly pandemic: the 30-something Toby, who is holed up in the AnooYou spa surrounded by marauding pigoons, and Ren, a befeathered trapeze artist at Scales and Tails, who has been locked up in a sealed quarantine area dubbed the Sticky Zone.
  (Michael Dirda).
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304278_2.html?sid=ST2009092401822

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Argument: <br /> The article is demonstrating their agreements with Margaret Atwood. The contemporary issues that we are having today could possibly effect the future in an negative way if they are not taken care of the correct way, or in any way. Michael Dirda shows his concern by selecting problems from the book and relate them to the problems that the world is actually experiencing. The relation of the book to modern society sort of opens the readers eyes to what could and the possibilities of what the future may hold. <br /> <br /> Evidence: <br /> <br /> As dismal as it is, this future often seems little different from today. Pleebrats still have cellphones and hang out in malls and play computer games like Barbarian Stomp. (Michael Dirda). <br /> <br /> <br /> Still, the book regularly undercuts the horrific with touches of comedy -- Ren talks about her work at Scales and Tails as "the daily grind" -- and Atwood superbly captures the voices and attitudes of the serious Adam One, the frivolous Lucerne, the resourceful Toby and the rather simple-minded and fragile Ren (MIchael Dirda). <br /> <br /> Thoughts: <br /> <br /> The author of the article gives his agreements towards Margaret Atwood and her thrilling story. He also mentions that he believes that this Canadian writer portrays the effects of the problems not taken care of in a manner that makes the reader understand and think. <br /> <br /> Personally, I think that the story is creative and different, but that some of the exaggerations and points made in the book are slightly over exaggerated. <br /> <br /> Quotes: <br /> <br /> "Blood and Roses was like Monopoly, only you had to corner the genocide and atrocity market. Extinctathon was a trivia game you played with extinct animals." (Year of the Flood). <br /> <br /> ...only two people have survived a deadly pandemic: the 30-something Toby, who is holed up in the AnooYou spa surrounded by marauding pigoons, and Ren, a befeathered trapeze artist at Scales and Tails, who has been locked up in a sealed quarantine area dubbed the Sticky Zone. <br /> (Michael Dirda). <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304278_2.html?sid=ST2009092401822" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304278_2.html?sid=ST2009092401822</a></div>

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