The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion

Hello, welcome to the world record attempt for the amount of times I can say the words ‘Alex Thomas’ and ‘likewise’ in the same video, otherwise known as the latest in my series on Margaret Atwood’s major works. Enjoy! Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:49 Plot Summary 07:02 Theme 1: Gender, Class and the narrator 09:24 Henry James’ The Ambassadors and Buttons 10:29 Theme 2: Questioning the narrative 13:58 Summing up and concluding thoughts Articles Referenced: Hembrough, T., 2017. From an Obscured Gaze to a Seeing Eye? Iris as Victim, Villain, and Avenger in the Role of Writer-as-Assassin in Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin. Ingersoll, E., 2003. Waiting for the end: closure in Margaret Atwood’s“ The blind assassin“. Parkin-Gounelas, R., 2004. “ What isn’t there“ in Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin: The Psychoanalysis of Duplicity. Reed, A., 2009. Disembodied Hands: Structural Duplicity in Atwood’s The Bli