Margaret Atwood Powerless Silence

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“Powerlessness and Silence go together….” ~ Margaret Atwood The overall idea of the quote is stating that being silent is not have any power and that isn’t necessarily true.Just because someone is silent doesn't mean they are powerless. It means they are saving their power for some greater thing that they might somehow cross in their journey in life. People can be silent for many reasons.They can be silent because they are probably working out something. Others have been silent and that didn't mean that they didn't have power. It means that they were just too strong for too long and their strength slowly started to fade. I’ve felt both Power and Powerlessness. I have felt Power, briefly, when I got out of surgery and did well. I felt