Margaret Atwood Influences

For many centuries and even today, women all around the world have been facing obstacles due to their gender. Expectantly, there have been multiple protests and organizations addressing the problem. Prominently, during the 1960s in the United States, there was a sharp increase for the advocation women’s rights. During that time, there was a feminist movement that called for equal rights to their male counterparts. At that time, Margaret Atwood was an impressionable young adult, deeply influenced by the movement despite she was living in Canada at the time. Margaret Atwood had a normal childhood where she spent her days writing stories and poetry; most likely, her writing was not influenced by her own personal experiences. Instead, she has met other women and learned their experiences through their life. What Atwood learned from the women was that

Margaret Atwood was born November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In her childhood she had a strong interest in painting which would then evolve into a love for writing (Sindell) When Margaret Atwood was young, she would often create stories, poems, and was very active in her school newspaper. In college she was influenced by the poet William Blake due to his unique way of showing imagery. Over the years, Atwood would create poems and novels which would become famous (Bomarito). During the ‘60s and the ‘70s Margaret Atwood would become a prominent figure in the women’s rights movement. Atwood was even considered a spokesperson for women’s rights in Canada due to the novels and poems she created relating to equality for women (Atwood, Margaret). Throughout Atwood’s life she had interactions with different women and learned that they have many hardships. Also, Atwood discovered that women have a deep fear of not having control over a difficult situation which is commonly used in her writing