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“Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale - This is one the...”

written by solewonder2 on 07/01/2005

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale - This is one the best books I have read, I have read it three times and am now studying it at English Literature A level which pleases me greatly. I find the dystopian ideas fascinating and very reflective of how society could become. In my opinion, life as they know it has been wiped out and they must re-write history how they believe it should be. They must create a new standard of social behaviour, not sinful or degrading as it was "before" but a pure, biblical life that worships women inside, not outside, promoting the view that women were once vain and selfish and now must look after themselves inside and bring God's children into the world in a corrupt and in my opinion, dirty way.