alias grace

Part :reading journal
response 1 Guiding questions

1. The story in this novel takes place in Victorian Age in Canada, written  by Margaret Atwood. Victoria age is the age that MALES abuse their rights and authorities to FEMALES. This story is rearranged accordance with the real person because the main character, Grace Marks, had been one of the notorious female murderers in the sixteenth century in Canada. She had once suffered from mental disorder.
2. Grace Marks, the main character in this novel. She is an extreme pretty girl. Her family emigrates to Canada. She suffers from her early-age-loss of beloved mother, abusive treatments from father, and scorns from her housekeeper. She undergoes a great deal of trauma in her childhood. Her murder towards her housekeeper is a mystery. The first impression of her is: pure, silent, and vigilant.
3. Doctor Simon, one of the fact-finding committee, who explores Grace's secrets, has been involved in complexity: sexual, duality, love, family relationship and his own future. He believes Grace is innocent.
4. Doctor Simon is Grace's private doctor. Doctor Simon cares about Grace's history and tries to fix her trauma and personality split. In addition to his formula, he has a bright future on his career of physiology. Grace Marks can be a good case for him to investigate.
5. Grace Marks describes her only friend Marry Whitney died in the house due to abortion. The windows are closed. As a result, instead of flying out of the room, it flies into Grace's body. From now on, Grace has double personalities: one is Grace, the other if Marry Whitney. So, it is mystery for us: Does Grace really kill her housekeeper?
6. One of the traits in this novel mentions: the government is corrupted. They usually abuse the money from people to do private stuff. In addition to this, same as other novels, women are stereotype weak; social conflicts are never end.
7. When I first read the early chapters, I feel mysterious and the air is full of bitterness. At the beginning of the novel, it describes that Grace is in jail, we don't know how grace is going to be treated.
8. Too much trauma can cause physical and mental disorder.
9. Mental disorder is caused by some extreme stimulation from events and violence. Mental illnesses are hard to be cure. We never know if these medical treatments are legal to patients.
10. Is Grace the murder of her housekeeper? Why is Grace released from the jail, is Grace an exception in the history of crime? Does she love her housekeeper? Is Grace cured at the end of the novel? Is hypnosis a legal way to fix mental disorder?