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THT - Context - Coggle Diagram
THT - Context
Atwood
Born in 1939 in Canada and her father was an entomologist which likely influenced her environmentalist themes
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Born during WWII which showed her, as she put it social and political orders can "vanish overnight"
Had a threat of nuclear war throughout her life - themes of struggling for resources and declining birth rate
Her mother was a feminist and likely involved in the movement - Offred focuses on survival not politics though
Written in 1984
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The Cold War had been ongoing for most of her life and held a constant threat to safety and demonstrated the power of propaganda and psychological war
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Fears about declining birth rates, the dangers of nuclear power and environmental deterioration
Environmental
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60's and 70's saw increased awareness of the environment and in 1962 Carson published "Silent Spring" exposing harmful chemicals
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America
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Groups like the "Moral Majority" were formed in response to the decay of moral values - Christian + Republic
The Civil rights movement + Gay rights movement + Feminism were all making strides particularly in opposition to the growing religious right
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AIDS had sparked a homophobic moral panic in the mainstream media - this propaganda inspired THT's political background