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Many commend Margaret Atwood for her ability of depicting individual and worldly troubles of universal concern (Study Guide). Over thirty years, Atwood has written more than twenty volumes of verse, novels, and nonfiction. Although she is noted for all of these volumes, she is better known for her novels. In these work of fiction, themes such as feminism, mythology and power of language pervade. Margaret Atwood's immense talent for conveying the importance language through her characters can be seen in her writings such as The Handmaid's Tale.
Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario. Much of her childhood was spent in northern Quebec with her father, who was doing research as an entomologist. These experiences in her early years provided material for later writings (Stein, 200). After graduating high school, Atwood attended the University of Toronto. It was at this university that she met the literary analyst Northrop Fry, who influenced her greatly......

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