However, she suggests that this is often not the case. Instead of being cruel to one another, women ought to show a sense of solidarity towards their fellow women. Through this text, Atwood advocates kindness between women. However, she does not resonate with this, as her pain has been caused by other women. Later in her life Elaine meets other feminists, who focus on how men have hindered feminism. There is a suggestion that cruel taunting between girls is more sinister than the more explicit aggression seen in young boys. Elaine's traumatic experiences in her childhood were caused by other girls, not by boys. This is significant, as Atwood is suggesting that sometimes it is women who hinder the feminist movement. Here we see a suggestion about how cruel women can be to other women. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. These experiences stay with Elaine her whole life, even after she has a child of her own: "Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence, but I was the opposite. In one particularly traumatic experience, Elaine almost freezes to death after trying to retrieve a hat that had been thrown in a river by her bullies. The bullies are a group of young girls who mostly taunt her about her appearance, making her feel depressed and miserable. The protagonist of this novel is Elaine Risley, who experiences bullying as a child. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Then I read it again, slowly, this time to savor it.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. I devoured it within two sleepless nights. "Very few books explore female friendship at this level of intensity," she said. In the wake of this friendship's demise, another friend recommended Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye. I'll never know if those comments were true - only that they wounded me. She'd inform me of people who didn't "like" me and spared me none of the snarky put-downs supposedly said behind my back by a mutual friend. But what began in enchantment eventually ended in disillusionment.
She dyed her hair dark I highlighted mine. She tattooed her arm in the exact same spot as mine. But the first time I saw my soon-to-be best friend, she wore only a flimsy poncho, short skirt, no pantyhose and, most amazingly, open-toed shoes.īoth in our early 20s, enrolled at the same university as grad students, we spent years synchronizing our tastes. Margaux Fragoso is the author of Tiger, Tiger, a memoir.Īnyone familiar with upstate New York knows its formidable ice-greased winters, where the backs of your thighs sear and chap, and your teeth clatter like rickety marionettes. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Cat's Eye Author Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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