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The Handmaid's Tale

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This quarantine has given me a lot of free time, not only to waste it but also to start reading and watching movies and series that expand my culture. While I am still reading the book, I started (and finished) the Hulu production of Margaret Atwoods's 1985 book, The Handmaid's Tale. The dystopian tragedy was created by Bruce Miller in 2016 and stars Elizabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahozski and many more.  Map of Gilead The United States faces a civil war, an ultraconservative and traditional group take power and proclame the USA as Gilead. In Gilead, society is based of hierarchy and gender. The government officials  as the Commanders, their Wives, Martha, the housekeepers, Handmaids, Aunts, women who control and torture the Handmaids and The Eyes, the police. Handmaids are women who are fertile and can bear children but that have "sinned" in the past, they are passed family to family and have to endure what is called the "Ceremony". F...
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SPACES & EXCHANGES: A MIND MAP

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SPACES & EXCHANGES: A MIND MAP              This notion we will be studying Spaces and Exchanges . The mind map above puts in evidence what the notion is actually about. What you think might be the easiest to explain, Spaces is explained in two different ways. First Real Places, which is everything that is physical and concrete. Then, Virtual Spaces , more abstract but the spaces are still real that we come across every day. For Exchanges , we can also talk about physical exchanges and abstract ones. This just means that the first you can see it happening while the other can be happening while we don't see it concretely.  For it to be more clear we can take examples to illustrate each part. Real spaces can be as easily defined as cities. In the mind map, global cities are mentioned as well as small towns. These are places that everyone knows exists and that we can see. On the other hand, we have Virtual Spaces, like web sit...
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Elephant

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Elephant 1) What struck you most in the film? What struck me most about the film was the artistic touch given to such a gruesome and terrorizing event. Throughout the movie, we see a slice of high school life but through a very passive and calm look. 2) What also impressed you? What impressed me most was the effect given by the actors to the spectator. With tiny hints and flashbacks, we understand each person's point of view of the situation as well as a very vague but still precise description of their personalities.  3) Did you find anything more particularly upsetting? What was most upsetting to me was the attitude of the students towards each other. While some were friends, for example, the 3 girls, we see that there is a lot of rivalry and competition between them all. Also, John tries to help but cannot provide any more than warning others, unfortunately it is useless.     4) What did you find very disturbing? To me, the most d...
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