https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz Review your reading of Atwood's intro to the book; one review of the Testaments; and the Atlantic article on Elie Wiesel and bearing Witness. For one of these texts, explain what interested you, surprised you, or upset you; add a quote as part of your response, and be clear about which text you're responding to. Please respond to one other person's idea, and link ideas when possible. en-us 2021-04-06 18:25:09 UTC 2021-04-08 18:46:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 234232 https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388928527 Something that interested me from the introduction to the Handmaid's tale were Atwoods references to Donald Trump and how she connected the experiences Offred has in the Handmaid's Tale to the election. Atwood does this by saying, "In the wake of the recent American election, fears and anxieties proliferate. Basic civil liberties are seen as endangered, along with many of the rights for women won over the past decades, and indeed the past centuries." Firstly, I thought it was admirable for Atwood to use her platform as a writer to spread awareness to a situation facing the United States, and displaying how we should act according to the situation. Secondly, I feel this quote further proves the timelessness of the Handmaid's Tale as it can be connected to not only the election mentioned, but wars, laws, and even the current pandemic the world is facing. In a way the books timelessness is saddening, as oppression to women should not be a timeless thing. It is sad to see that Atwood says basic liberties for women are endangered as even though it is fiction in the book, it is not a fictional concept. ]]> 2021-04-06 20:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388928527 2342281 https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388934669 something that upset me was when the writer of the author of the Elie Wiesel article,  Edna Friedberg comments on her dad's testimony saying, "After years of repressing memories, his testimony is frustratingly thin on specifics". I understand that a watcher of the testimony may want to know everything, but I feel like when the author says the testimony is "frustratingly thin on specifics" she is being sort of rude to her dad. Her dad is being gracious enough to share his tough experience, but she comes off as being ungrateful even though she doesn't mean to.]]> 2021-04-06 20:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388934669 2367352 https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388936808 Something that interested me was when the writer explained, "His testimony will perpetuity tell my children and researchers...That not everyone thought it wise or necessary to share their pain with strangers or even their intimates". I was interested in what would cause the shift in perspective between different witnesses of the same event. I want to know what would push one to share their story and another to keep it to themselves.]]> 2021-04-06 20:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388936808 2342521 https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388941782 In the Atlantic article "Elie Wiesel and the Agony of Bearing Witness", something that really made me question and interest me is the way we prop up victims on a pedestal was with the authors questions, "Why should any of us expect people who have suffered profound trauma to relive it for our
benefit or for the betterment of humanity? And why do we assume that pain yields wisdom or
moral clarity?" In this scenario, I've never really thought about how much pain it truly brings a person to talk or even think about their past experiences, and it was interesting was how the authors father chose to move past his agony and help his kids for a better tomorrow. ]]> 2021-04-06 20:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1388941782 https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1397200584 Something that interested me in the Atlantic article, "Elie Wiesel and the Agony of Bearing Witness", is the utter disregard for the impact of the atrocities by those who haven't experienced it. As a society, we must be accepting and understanding of those who have struggled through extremely tough times. The author's father gives a very understandable and pertinent example when he tells her, "it feels like they are saying, 'Nice to meet you. I heard you were gang raped, tell me about it'" (Friedberg 2). We should understand that history is more than just a story, each and every person who died in the Holocaust was real and had hopes and dreams as we have. I think this is something we often overlook when reading about history, which needs to change. ]]> 2021-04-08 18:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aupson1/nps1f3gf5qc9jscz/wish/1397200584