Introduction to the Author
The life of Margaret Atwood began on November 18, 1939 in Ontario, Canada. She was born the daughter of a forest entomologist, which would later impact the messages in her writing. Over the course of her life, Atwood has been published in a large range of genres including fiction, criticism, poetry, short stories and even children’s books.
The beginnings of Atwood’s love of writing began as early as age six. By that time, she had written morality plays, poems, comic books, and had even started a novel. Atwood had a brief fascination with home economics in middle school but returned to composing poetry in high school. Her favorite author at the time was the famous Edgar Allen Poe. After graduation, Atwood committed to pursuing writing as a lifelong career, studying at several universities including Harvard.
Atwood’s first published novel came in the form of the fictional piece The Edible Woman (1969), which she claims is a “proto-feminist” work. This volume is the inception point of Atwood’s work as one of the world’s foremost feminist authors. Many readers and critics have noted that in nearly all of Atwood’s novels and poetry, women seem to be suffering, to which she replied: “My women suffer because most of the women I talk to seem to have suffered”. Atwood’s most well known novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, is a prime example of women’s suffering at the hands of men.
Atwood's career highlight came in 2000 when the novel won the acclaimed Booker prize. Since then, she has published the much loved Oryx and Crake (2003) and The Year of the Flood (2009).
The beginnings of Atwood’s love of writing began as early as age six. By that time, she had written morality plays, poems, comic books, and had even started a novel. Atwood had a brief fascination with home economics in middle school but returned to composing poetry in high school. Her favorite author at the time was the famous Edgar Allen Poe. After graduation, Atwood committed to pursuing writing as a lifelong career, studying at several universities including Harvard.
Atwood’s first published novel came in the form of the fictional piece The Edible Woman (1969), which she claims is a “proto-feminist” work. This volume is the inception point of Atwood’s work as one of the world’s foremost feminist authors. Many readers and critics have noted that in nearly all of Atwood’s novels and poetry, women seem to be suffering, to which she replied: “My women suffer because most of the women I talk to seem to have suffered”. Atwood’s most well known novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, is a prime example of women’s suffering at the hands of men.
Atwood's career highlight came in 2000 when the novel won the acclaimed Booker prize. Since then, she has published the much loved Oryx and Crake (2003) and The Year of the Flood (2009).
This website it intended to be used as a base for the analyzation of three of Mrs. Atwood's novels.