![]() ![]() Ainsley and Mariam aren’t close, but have managed to maintain a civil relationship for the time being and are on the consensus that each of them clean and maintain boundaries. The two women are withdrawn by society because of differences in their thoughts and ideas. ![]() The story starts off with two strong female characters Marian and Ainsley. ![]() Throughout the novel, Marian observes and rejects the roles pressured on her by society in hopes of achieving self identity and knowledge. This illustrates the pressures woman faced in the 1960s. The owner of the home lives downstairs with her young daughter and she is very observant on what the girls do and want them to be a good example for her child. She shares a small apartment which is part of the large home with her roommate Ainsley. Marian leads a boring and typical lifestyle she is wary of working in the department of public services crafting survey questions and sampling products. Atwood tells the story of Marian, a woman who struggles with pressures of society, her fiancé, and food. In the novel, Atwood’s protagonist is an ordinary woman named Marian, who seems restricted in a weird world for her practically urbanizing world. The novel narrates from the first person to the third person, and later back to first person to show the detachment of Marians identity, and later regaining control over her life. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |