The story of debt, which dates back to pre-historic times, has been deeply
             connected into our way of life from history and literature. With financial and
             economic crises, Margaret Atwood in her Article "Debtor's Prism", seeks to bring the
             origin and historical development of debt.
             In her book, Margaret is hidden metaphors are revealing, "We get into a
             prison, swamp, or well, or possibly a bed, we get out of it, as it, as it coming into the
             open air climbing out of a hole, if we are overwhelmed by debt, the image is possibly
             that of a foundering ship, with the sea and the waves pouring inexorably in on top of
             physical activity: jumping in, leaping or clambering out, trashing around, drowning".
             (Atwood , Margaret)Margaret Atwood considers failing to come out of debt because
             of being overwhelmed by it. She associates this with the image of being stuck out at
             sea in the middle of a heavy storm, with the waves bearing heavily down causing us
             to drown to the bottom of the sea bed. A debt just like a story has a plot line
             involving how you landed into debt in the first place. These are the actions you took
             while in debt, either verbally or physically. For instance, what one did or said while
             in debt, and just like any good start, a debt needs to have an ending, whether good
             or bad. Margaret asserts that the story of any debt comes to a climax because of the
             actions one took to either get out of debt or drown further into it.
             Indebtedness refers to someone being indebted to another. These metaphors
             clearly illustrate that unless one climb out of the pit that is debt, the person will
             always feel trapped and unless he pays off what he owns, he will continue to sink
             further into his trap until he is lost altogether.
             In these harsh economic times, it is quite easy for someone to find himself in
             debt. It all starts very innocently, spending more than wha...