Margaret Atwood, in her novel Alias Grace, smothers the reader in chilling suspense as she recounts the forgotten story of the supposed mid-nineteenth century, Canadian murderess, Grace Marks. Atwood captivates her audience through a unique mix of history and fiction, weaving the two together alongside countless literary elements that allow the poetic words to flow smoothly from the pages into the depths of the reader’s mind.
At only the ripe age of sixteen, Grace Marks is already a notorious criminal mastermind, convicted of the murder of her boss, Thomas Kinnear, and his mistress, the housekeeper. Sixteen years later and still spending her years imprisoned, psychoanalyst Dr. Simon Jordan is determined to unravel the mystery surrounding this case by allowing Grace to retell her story and hopefully uncover the memories of the murders that she claims to not remember. By doing so, she could ultimately prove her innocence–or reaffirm her guilt.
Through the evocative power of her writing, Margaret Atwood successfully illustrates the domineering theme of the relationship between the male and female species. Blah. Sexuality. Femininity. Perception. Facades. Etc.
Style. Point of view. Poetic nature. Metaphors. Similes. Literary Elements. Flashback. Choppy, concise sentences. Uses the wit of the characters. Differing dialogue.

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i got trained to become cashier today at work. i haven’t decided whether i like it or not. i think not. too much memorization–and i miss talking to the people in the fitting room. ahh.

this year i need to get serious. college is right around the corner, and i don’t want to end up without a school to go to :( i seriously need to start getting together a portfolio. and i need to study so that when i retake the SAT and ACT this fall, i’ll be ready. also when school starts i need to fuckin’ make good grades because my grades suck right now. I HATE SCHOOL >:O i don’t even know where i want to apply to. sigh.

went bowling with some of my favorite people yesterday! leah, nadz, serg, james, and sergio’s brother fransisco who turned out to be really cool! so when i went to the alley it was only nadz and leah there and we had to wait on the guys for a bit…maybe twenty minutes? and some soon-to-be-junior from mr named jonathan kept on bugging us. it was kind of hilarious. anyways the guys came, we bowled, i got a double strike! without bumpers. it was kind of amazing (: and then afterwards we ate at a pizza place, and it turns out our waitress knew my older sister and on the receipt wrote “say hi to christina for me” which i thought was kind of creepy, but i talked to the waitress and she was cool. afterwards we (the girls) were about to go home, but then sergio called me and asked if we still wanted to do stuff so then we went to james’ house to play apples to apples and ssbbrawl! it was fun :) i love my friends. the only downside was i spent sooo much money today :( seoul garden tomorrow!

haha, i just got back from work, and this guy i was talking to named john that also works at the b-rep was talking about how he had a “pessimistic” outlook on life. saying stuff about how he didn’t want kids and how he wanted to take his time being single and then marry later on during his late twenties/early thirties because it’s less time he’s going to have to spend with his spouse, haha. and i told him he was going to be one of those 70 year old dads with an 8 year old kid. and he didn’t argue with me, bahaha. also i keep spending money. i’m scared to look at my checking account. is it my fault that they marked clearance items down to 5.99 today? and that i have a 30 percent discout? (rhetorical questions, don’t answer.) anyways, tomorrow if they don’t keep my extension i’m going bowling with some friends. should be fun.

my parents just got back from dropping my sister off to austin for her freshman orientation, and they were talking about the experience at the dinner table. this got me thinking–well, worrying rather. i need to start thinking which colleges i want to apply to before it’s too late :( i’m so scared of applying because i don’t want to get rejected. i don’t want to be one of those people who get rejected to all the colleges they apply to. i’m not a genius…i’m not in the top ten, but i’m in the first quarter. ahh. i need to bring my grades up badly. i don’t even know what i want to do in college. anyways, i just needed to get that out. i also need to start looking for scholarships. hello fastweb.com! i know i either want to pursue something in either animation/film, graphic design, advertising, culinary arts (lol prob not this one), or japanese. i don’t want to stay in texas, but if i do, it’d be nice to go to austin. but i don’t want to leave my parents either. man, college is so depressing.

jessica inspired me to start writing in this thing again. i woke up at around 1 pm today because i didn’t go to sleep until 6 in the am. i really enjoy sleeping in, but i hate how it makes you feel like the day is wasted. something else i hate is when my foot falls asleep. the pins and needles make me feel so powerless over my body. i’ve been spending the summer, so far, lazing around. going to work. chatting on aim. rereading manga. now that mirc has gotten easier to use, it’s a pretty powerful thing. keeps me entertained. right now it’s just me and my grandma in the house, but at six i’m going to work. my brother is at a friend’s house sleeping over and my parents are with my sister in austin for college orientation. i don’t really know what else to type, so i’ll just leave it at this.