This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

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Topic

Locus of control

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

Surfacing

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 27.

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