Atwood, Neel, And Feminism - 1645 Words

Atwood, Neel, and Feminism English Composition II Professor Michael Cain Kamala Chan Summer 2014 September 26, 2014 It may seem clear to most people that authors and artists are completely different in more than few ways. For one, their job descriptions have nothing in common. Authors write, and artists draw, sketch, and paint. Authors need to be grammatically correct, while an artist’s mistake can make their work unique, and abstract. With the endless list of differences, comes the one thing that people fail to realize. Authors and artists do one thing, they create from their minds, and they birth their imaginations into reality. It seems amazing how one idea on a piece of paper can create a broad conversation, free for the world’s discussion and criticism. For instance, the idea of Feminism, and its entire concept can be analyzed in both writing, and artwork. As women of the early 1900’s, Margaret Atwood, an author, and Alice Neel, an artist, have both captured the idea of feminism in their life’s work. Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Atwood M. , Is Margaret Atwood A Feminist? Are You?, 2009) Alice Neel was born on January 28, 1900 in Merion Square, Philadelphia. (Alice Neel: Biography) Both in the early 1900’s, a time when women were not only looked down upon in the professional world, but were criticized when they tried to be different, and make a stand. Both of these women used their careers to voice their opinions about