Essays on Gilead

The theme of alienation and resistance permeates throughout Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Alienation, disillusionment and fear are dominant elements in dystopian societies. In this paper, I seek to make the argument that alienation makes resistance to oppression difficult since individuals are separated from each other and the products that individuals produce. I argue that The Handmaid’s Tale shows how difficult it is for women to wage a successful resistance movement against a male dominated society. Even though Marx did reduce all human relations to means and modes of production, it is important to note ...

The Handmaid’s Tale is a classic example of satire as the author employs this approach to ridicule various issues that she raises concerns about in his society. Atwood utilizes satire to highlight palpably comedic sets up of reality. The idea also includes, the utilization of exaggeration and irony to bring out an argument— the category in which the Atwood’s story fall. In particular, satire poses exaggerated situations, irony, and humor to criticize the society absurdity or values especially in respect to the contemporary politics and other sensitive issues. Through Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood has provided a creative ...

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Introduction Most people in prestigious positions would love to be identified as leaders but what really qualifies one to be a leader is their ability to influence other people. According to Caroselli (2000) people recognize leadership of a person when they are in an influential position, which could have come out of career, successful family background and political success among others. Leaders should have the ability to control the circumstances within their specialization at all times. Most prominent leaders have left a legacy in the places that they led; this can be an achievement or record breaking that they ...