Extra Credit

I couldn't really find a fan site dedicated to my author, Margaret Atwood, but I found a site about how she was a Canada's Walk of Fame inductee. Atwood explained that she was first encouraged to become a writer because of the praise she got from her English teacher when she was younger. Her English teacher told her that she couldn't understand her poem, so it must be good! Contrary to this comment, one of the main reasons Atwood's work is so much enjoyed is because of its clarity. This article is obviously very biased towards Atwood because it is trying to convince people to vote for her for Canada's Walk of Fame. It praises her work and says that she is one of the finest storytellers in this country. Something that I didn't know that I probably should have is that my book, The Edible Woman, was the first book that Margaret Atwood wrote. It was published in 1969 and was immediately embraced by the public. This website also gives interesting facts about Atwood so that someone will be more likely to vote for her. One of the facts that they give is that her books have been printed in more than 30 languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Korrean, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic, and Estonian. By stating this, the group writing the website is trying to show how people from all over the world enjoy her novels. Someone once asked Atwood how she keeps a level head about all her success. Her responce was that it is because she is Canadian. She went on to explain how Canadians have no tolerence for people who let success get to their heads, so she never let that happen to her.

http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/margaret-atwood