Spoiler alert: important details of the novel are revealed below. They include Roxy, a girl whose childhood trauma influences her quest for revenge and understanding of the world Tunde, a Nigerian man and the only male main character of the novel Margot, a future US Senator who promotes the creation of camps to train girls to use their powers, and Allie (also known as Eve) who hears a voice in her head and becomes famous worldwide.Īllie, along with numerous other powerful women worldwide, promotes something known as the Cataclysm, an event they see as the only way to reshape the world permanently and ensure women are never taken advantage of again. The book focuses on several main characters, none of whom fit into the traditional role of the protagonist. What follows is an account of a matriarchal society, through diary entries, newspapers, and interviews, that was born after the women of the world discovered the ability to produce life-ending electric shocks from their fingertips. It describes The Power as not “quite a novel” but not “quite” history. Written by Neil Adam Armon and directed toward the author. The Power by Naomi Alderman begins with a letter. They become the oppressors, leaders, and war-mongers and inflict acts of violence on less powerful men. Inspired by a mentorship with Margaret Atwood, Alderman’s The Power is a popular contemporary novel that imagines a world in which women take on the dominant societal role.
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