The Handmaids Tale by christopher cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9 Web Quest en-us 2018-02-20 15:09:02 UTC 2018-02-22 15:05:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Gilead christopher_dan_cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233307905 Gilead, meaning rugged, was a highland region east of The Jordan River, extending approximately from the southern end of The Sea Of Galilee to the northern end of The Salt Sea, with the Jabbok River roughly marking its mid-point. From its mountains it was known as "the mount, or hill country, of Gilead"

The significance this could have as the setting, could mean that a lot of the themes are old style and religous]]> 2018-02-20 15:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233307905 Dystopian Literature christopher_dan_cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233316211 dystopia: (n) an imaginary place or condition in which everything is bad.

What's different about The Handmaid's Tale from other dystopias is the fact that it focuses on a dystopian society in its formation; Atwood's heroine, Offred, has lived through the transition from democracy to totalitarianism, and is herself exploited by the system. Yet, for all its flaws, she finds herself drawn into the corruption of Gilead. ]]> 2018-02-20 15:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233316211 Dystopian Literature (cont.) christopher_dan_cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233319282 Two Main Plots of a Dystopian Fiction:
1. Nasty Things Happen but Everything Turns out Right.

2. Nasty Things Happen but Despite Everyone's Best Efforts the Establishment Wins.

Almost all dystopias deal with the same fundamental concepts. Of these, the most common include:
  • The Status of the Individual
  • The Nature of Power
  • Communication


]]> 2018-02-20 15:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233319282 The American Puritans christopher_dan_cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233325329 In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America. Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. 

 John Calvin taught that God was all-powerful and completely sovereign. Human beings were depraved sinners. God had chosen a few people, "the elect," for salvation. The rest of humanity was condemned to eternal damnation.

Salvation did not depend on outward behavior, but on a radical undertaking that demanded each individual to plumb the very depths of his heart and soul , John Calvin bealived this was the key to salvation]]> 2018-02-20 15:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233325329 American Puritans (cont.) christopher_dan_cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233328251  It was not only individual salvation that mattered; the spiritual health and welfare of the community as a whole was paramount as well, for it was the community that honored and kept the covenant. The integrity of the community demanded religious conformity. Dissent was tolerated, but only within strict limits.

Blame was assigned to an increase in swearing; a tendency to sleep at sermons; the spread of sex and alcohol, especially in taverns, where women were known to bare their arms and, upon occasion, even their breasts; and, most telling, the marked increase in lying and lawsuits.]]> 2018-02-20 15:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/233328251 Betty Friedan and the Feminist Movement christopher_dan_cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/234251392 colitis, A chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation in the digestive tract.

3 important quotes include:
 And I suddenly saw all these things that I hadn't been aware of before, the class division, for instance. We lived on what was called "the west bluff," [a] hill. which can show a further understanding for this person

 My adolescence was quite miserable, when I look back on it, at least my early part of my adolescence. Because there was anti-Semitism in Peoria, and I didn't feel that when I was in elementary school., allows for me to see the state in which women were in.

And I had been a pacifist. You know, "I hate war and so does Eleanor," "Johnny wants a job, not a gun," all that. But then when we had to stand up to show our support of the war effort. And I'd been a pacifist, and I hesitated, and then I thought, "No, I have to support the war effort," so I stood up. this demonstrates and internal conflict of this women 


]]> 2018-02-22 14:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/234251392 Margaret Atwood christopher_dan_cofield https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/234256807 4 interesting facts

1. Shes short 5 foot 3 inches 
2. She says she more loyal to her art than politics
3. Her being 57 is interesting
4. Its intersting that shes canadian]]> 2018-02-22 15:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_dan_cofield/uh64ccwff8z9/wish/234256807