The Games We Play - Breaking the Bonds of Sisterhood in “Cat’s Eye” by Margaret Atwood
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https://doi.org/10.18485/analiff.2018.30.2.7Keywords:
Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, women's writing, feminism, broken sisterhood, patriarchy, ostracism, subversionAbstract
The paper points to the unique relationships among young girls and the games they play in order to belong and avoid being ostracized from social cliques in Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood. The sisterhood that once was described as an ideal in the beginnings of feminism by V. Woolf, is challenged by M. Atwood. It will be depicted how Atwood went about this idea, and through the games that young girls played, she actually portrayed a reversal in feminism – a broken bond of sisterhood in female friendships affected by internalized patriarchy. Further- more, emphasis is given to how processes of healing forge after games had been won or lost, and in this way a conclusion is provided that where sisterhood is not respected, all parties involved must suffer and heal from internalized self-hatred.
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