English - Coursework Commentary
The common theme in both “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Motorcycle Diaries”, which I have echoed in both my fiction and non-fiction pieces, is the suffering and hope of an individual within the society they live in. While Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel – “The Handmaid’s Tale” – focusses on social hierarchy and the government’s control over its citizen’s lives, Ernesto Guevara’s memoir titled “The Motorcycle Diaries” looks at social injustices and his hope for a better future for South America. My fiction piece, “Liberator”, is a short story told from the perspective of a man named “Eros” as he reflects on his life within “Deusled”. The name of the society he lived in is a neologism made up of the Latin term “deus”, meaning “God”, and “led” to show how the citizens are being led by a greater power – highlighting the strict ideology of this nation and linking back to “The Handmaid’s Tale”, in which religion is a reoccurring theme. Latin terms are used throughout my short ...