From Victim to Survivor: Exploring the Journey of Self through Nature in Margaret Atwood’s “Surfacing”

Abstract

Margret Atwood is a Canadian writer best known for her prose, fiction and for her Environmental tract and feminism in her writing. Canadian literature also mainly focuses on the suppression and exploitation of Canadian women. Margaret Atwood presents her works with themes such as Identity, Self – journey, power dynamics and mystery. This paper discusses the journey of the protagonist's search for her father, her Self, memories at her childhood home on a remote island in the borderland between America and Canada. It is a narrative that combines elements of memory, quest for identity, Self journey and Re-birth together.