As youths, Zeb and his brother financially ruined their father and fled. Zeb describes how his father was a hypocritical preacher who deliberately supported any movement which would ruin the environment.

For instance, after Toby and Zeb get together they attempt to understand one another's core motivations. Often back stories are how the reader navigates the present. The participant who are deeply entrenched have worn down their empathy skills in order to excel at the game, but this violence appears to have a sort of addictive quality.īringing her message of valuing the Earth home, Atwood draws upon her characters' personal lives in order to establish precedent. Unfortunately participation eventually gets under one's skin and demands a sacrifice of its own: empathy. Similarly, Painball is a game in which participants glorify violence for the sake of an audience. They would often incorporate violence and human sacrifice into the games, which were held in a massive arena. The conception of Painball appears to be the type of basketball which the Mayans used to play. After witnessing a fourth survivor - Amanda Payne - being violently murdered by a group of Painball participants, the other three decided to establish a camp where survivors not participating can band together for survival, a defensible base. From the perspectives of threes survivors - Toby, Ren, and Zeb - readers learn about the terrific situation facing them and the others in the wake of a colossal natural disaster.

In MaddAddam she tackles the imagined future where people have completely abnegated their responsibility to the environment. Margaret Atwood is known for her confrontational and highly complex narratives. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

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