Film: Election Election, adapted to screen by Alexander Payne, follows a career minded and determined senior, Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), throughout her student body election campaign. Matthew Broderick brilliant plays Tracy's teacher, Jim, who not only slowly becomes more and more attracted to Tracy, but whose life literally crumbles before your eyes. Although not your run of the mill comedy film, Election is quirky, witty, funny and extremely well written, therefore making it an extremely good film.
Literature: Margaret Attwood - Oryx and Crake
Mararet Attwood's eleventh novel is fascinating, bleak and gripping all at the same time. Set between a series of flashbacks and 'real-time', we follow the character of Jim as we learn what became of the world and how it got to the state that we can see it in through the eyes of Snowman. The concepts and characters in Attwood's slick dystopia are beautifully rendered and are formed with the up most intelligence. Attwood has stated that she sees this novel as a niece of 'speculative fiction' and not science fiction, and I can see why. Whilst the technology featured may be deemed futuristic, the overarching themes are of humanity and what we are capable of in a society which keeps growing and advancing. This book is stunning, whilst also not over confusing itself and its reader which is easy to do when dealing with this genre. I would not only recomend this book, but I would also rank it as one of the best of the decade.
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