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APA Format Pt. 3: Review
Thursday, 30 May 2019
APA In Text Citation
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The Handmaid’s Tale discusses the importance of context after Offred is asked into her Commander’s room for Scrabble and a kiss; “This is one of the most bizarre things that’s happened to me, ever. Context is all” (Atwood, 1998, p. 144).
Scrabble represents the power over language that one can have, and also stands as an example of the lessons learned in utter defeat by Roxanne Gay (2014) in Bad Feminist.
The United Nations (UN) (2017) reported that “at least 300,000 unaccompanied and separated children were recorded in some 80 countries in 2015-2016, up from 66,000 in 2010-2011.”
There are a few positive examples, however, including Taiwan, which just recently overruled the current marriage law as unconstitutional as it did not protect and, in fact, discriminated against same-sex couples (Amnesty International, 2017).
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Learning APA “can be tough, but like any skill, it just takes practice” (Culver, 2005, as cited in Jones, 2009, p. 23).
Reference Page
Book
Organization Website
Atwood, M. (1998). The Handmaid’s Tale. New York, NY: Anchor Books.
Amnesty International. (2017, May 24). Taiwan moves closer to marriage equality after milestone court ruling. Retrieved from https://www.amnestyusa.org/ press-releases/taiwan-moves-closer-marriage- equality-milestone-court-ruling/
Journal Article
Hammer, S.B. (1990). The world as it will be? Female satire and the technology of power in “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Modern Language Studies, 20(2), 39-49. DOI: 10.2307/3194826
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Running head: FEMINISM AND SCRABBLE 1
FEMINISM AND SCRABBLE 2
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continues to exist.
The Handmaid’s Tale
Atwood (1998) represents the importance of knowledge and power through her dystopian story. As Offred is gifted with a game of Scrabble, she is able to think again.
Cover page: Page 1
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Running head: FEMINISM AND SCRABBLE 1
Feminism and Scrabble:
The Power of Language
Beatrice Cook
12 December 2018
California State University, San Bernardino
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Abstract
Language is power. The control of people is easiest accomplished by denying them the understanding of language as was done historically to figures such as Frederick Douglass, and this idea is used in many dystopian stories as a means of control as well.
Keywords: feminism, Handmaid’s Tale, language, suppression
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Feminism and Scrabble
Words and language provide a power to the individual who can utilize them. It allows for the unlocking of the world around a person. Historically and in fiction, the control of a population’s language acquisition is one of the mainstays of a despotic system.
Reading through Spelling
In the United States, a denial of the basic knowledge of spelling occurred, as the slaves were not only discouraged from attempting to read, but were bound by law not to.
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demonstrates this. When she holds her own Bible, she is condemned, for only men are allowed to read.
Conclusion
History has often shown that to control the masses, one must control their language. The Roman Catholic Church did this, only providing the Bible in Latin. The United States of America denied reading and writings in order to control blacks and keep them subjugated. And although a satirical book, Handmaid’s Tale seems to contain something so very close to the truth.
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References
Atwood, M. (1998). The Handmaid’s Tale. New York, NY: Anchor Books.
Cai, W. & Clement, S. (2016, January 27). What Americans think about feminism today. Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/feminism- project/poll/
Hammer, S.B. (1990). The world as it will be? Female satire and the technology of power in “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Modern Language Studies, 20(2), 39-49. DOI: 10.2307/3194826
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Image 1. Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation Poll.
Cai, W. & Clement, S. (2016, January 27). What Americans think about feminism today. Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/ graphics/national/feminism-project/poll/
