The Handmaids Tale

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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke when she played with and protected her daughter when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge But all of that is gone now Best Read Books The Handmaids Tale By Margaret Atwood – kino-fada.fr It s been almost five years since I wrote my review I ve rewritten large parts of it for clarity The main idea remains the same Extremist Judeo Christian beliefs have won America s culture war Now women have no rights They are slaves to men and the biblical, patriarchal society in which they live The Handmaid s Tale is the firs...7 7 17 I m just going to leave this here fuck Paul Ryan but not literally, ew Sleeveless women My stars and garters 03 31 17 So, this Russia thing Am I right 2 5 17..just another giant step towards making this book a reality, like they always dreamed of.Original review written in 2o12 WARNING This review is being written after I worked a 13 hour day, with another one on the horizon tomorrow, and a glass of wine and while watching the Rachel Maddow show Current events have put 7 7 17 I m just going to leave this here fuck Paul Ryan but not literally, ew Sleeveless women My stars and garters 03 31 17 So, this Russia thing Am I right 2 5 17..just another giant step towards making this book a reality, like they always dreamed of.Original review written in 2o12 WARNING This review is being written after I worked a 13 hour day, with another one on the horizon tomorrow, and a glass of wine and while watching the Rachel Maddow show Current events have put this book o...I guess Atwood doesn t believe in quotation marks. I don t think I ve ever come across a novel yet in which there is no distinction between the narrator and the character It took me quite a while to get used to that type of style of writing I had to go back and re read sentences again and again, which doesn t really lend itself to a relaxing reading experience, and it slowed me down quite a bit..First 100 pages Really annoying..why well because I felt like a juicy bone was being waved in fro I guess Atwood doesn t believe in quotation marks. I don t think I ve ever come across a novel yet in which there is no distinction between the narrator and the character It took me quite a while to get us...There are only a small handful of books that have affected me in a REALLY personal way In a way that I always try to put into words and always, ultimately, fail I have read a lot of books over the years and I ve liked many, disliked plenty too, loved and hated a smaller amount but out of the thousands I ve read, there s less than ten maybe even less than five, now I think about it that honestly hit me so hard that I would go so far as to say they changed me The Handmaid s Tale is a book There are only a small handful of books that have affected me in a REALLY personal way In a way that I always try to put into words and always, ultimately, fail I have read a lot of books over the years and I ve liked many, disliked plenty too, loved and hated a smaller amount but out of the thousands I ve read, there s less than ten maybe even less than five, now I think about it that honestly hit me so hard that I would go so far as to say they changed me The Handmaid s Tale is a book that changed my life.I know, I know, big dramatic statement to make I hear you And normally I wouldn t say that, even about books I give five glowing stars but with this book it is nothing short of the truth This book was the spark that turned me into a feminist It was the spark that made me interested in ...edited from a paper I wrote in college about the book In 1986, when Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid s Tale, Ronald Regan had declared Morning in America, and society was going to renew itself by returning to the old values The Christian right, in its infancy at the time, was rising in reaction to the Free Love, and the horrors of AIDs The 1984 election gave us Willie Horton, and a reminder about how violent and evil society had become Finally, even though Chernobyl happened shortly edited from a paper I wrote in college about the book In 1986, when Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid s Tale, Ronald Regan had declared Morning in America, and society was going to renew itself by returning to the old values The Christian right, in its infancy at the time, was rising in reaction to the Free Love, and the horrors of AIDs The 1984 election gave us Willie Horton, and a reminder about how violent and evil society had become Finally, even though Chernobyl happened shortly after the book was published, the Union Carbide disaster in Bopal, India was still fresh in the headlines a reminder that even the air is not safe It was not hard at the time to extrapolate the ultimate end that this cocktail of fundamentalism, conservatism, violence, disease, and disaster would bring, but what Atwood could not know, is ho...Anyone else loving the television adaptation at the moment Sure, they ve played around with the plot a little and padded a few things out, but I think they ve captured the essence of this book in all its brutal reality Certainly, worth a watch Book ReviewI ve been moved by books in the past, many times, but I ve never before read a book that has emotionally drained me to such a degree This is frightening and powerful And sometimes it only takes a single paragraph to make you realise how much Anyone else loving the television adaptation at the moment Sure, they ve played around with the plot a little and padded a few things out, but I think they ve c...Margaret Atwood s The Handmaid s Tale is a tale of terror as well as a warning The dystopian future she describes in Gilead which appears to be centered in Boston due to the reference to Mass Ave and the town of Salem is chillingly misogynistic where women are reduced to strict categories Martha for housework and cooking, Jezebels easy to guess, right , Eyes, Angels soldiers for the state , infertile Wives and potentially fertile Handmaids It is beautifully written with lots of flashba Margaret Atwood s The Handmaid s Tale is a tale of terror as well as a warning The dystopian future she describes in Gilead which appears to be centered in Boston due to the refe...Everyone seems to like getting scared from time to time We sometimes like to read, or watch movies and shows about natural disasters, psychopaths, monsters, zombies, and vampires However, we like our scary stuff to be fictional and temporary Watching Battle Royale Awesome Watching the news about a real murderous dictator on CNN Not awesome but just as scary The Handmaid s Tale is guaranteed to terrify you both in a fun, entertaining way and in a viscerally upsetting, too close to h Everyone seems to like getting scared from time to time We sometimes like to read, or watch movies and shows about natural disasters, psychopaths, monsters, zombies, and vampires However, we like our scary stuff to be fictional and temporary Watching Battle Royale Awesome Watching the news about a real murderous dictator on CNN Not awesome but just as scary The Handmaid s Tale is guaranteed to terrify you both in a fun, entertaining way and in a viscerally upsetting, too close to home way.In this book, characters have no voice in their dystopian government and no control over their lives Margaret Atwood herself describes it ...Consider this not a ground breaking work of literature Consider this not a piece of fiction boasting an avant garde mode of narration Consider it not a commentary on the concept of subjugation of the weak by the ones holding the reins Consider it not a thinly veiled feminist diatribe either.Instead, consider The Handmaid s Tale an almost physical experience Co...What a perfect time to be scared to death by this novel It doesn t feel dated or far fetched at all, thanks to President Trump.Claire Danes is a pretty good match for this narrative.Original reviewImagine the near future where power is overtaken by the religious right under the guise of protection from Islamic terrorism Imagine the future where the roles of the women reduced to those assigned to them in Old Testament they are no longer allowed to read, work, own property, or handle money Im What a perfect time to be scared to death by this novel It doesn t feel dated or far fetched at all, thanks to President Trump.Claire Danes is a pretty good match for this narrative.Original reviewImagine the near future where power is overtaken by the religious right under the guise of protection from Islamic terrorism Imagine the future where the roles of the women reduced to those assigned to them in Old Testament they are ...

The Handmaids Tale
  • English
  • 26 January 2018
  • Paperback
  • 311 pages
  • 038549081X
  • Margaret Atwood
  • The Handmaids Tale