IDENTITY CRISIS AND QUEST FOR SELF UNDER IRRESISTIBLE CULTURAL CHANGES IN MARGARET ATWOOD’S CAT’S EYE.

Abstract

Women’s development over the period of time has been tremendous. Despite many developmental opportunities, women are sometimes suppressed not only by the patriarchal ideologies but by some of the unfathomable minute issues. Some of the issues that can trouble an adult during the period of growth are the experience of the past. Bullying and abuse are some of the worst experiences of the childhood stage, that can mar growth later. The reason for choosing Cat’s Eye for the research is to analyze the ways in which a child can become the object of someone’s harassing nature [1]. Even when nothing is pre-planned things fall out of place and amidst such circumstances Elaine prepares for the journey in search of an identity. This paper revolves around the elements associated with the quest for an identity that seems lost from the outset of Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye. The protagonist lives in the present haunted by the overwhelming past. The cultural nuance in her life as a result of migration paves way for the metamorphism in her physical and mental state. The emergence of an artist from the nomadic way of life amidst the cultural variations and migration becomes the predominant theme. The author through the life of Elaine Risley’s past focuses on the cultural changes and personal growth.