A couple of things I noticed in close reading of The Handmaid’s Tale is that Margaret Atwood seems to use lots of rhetorical questions when we’re inside Offred’s thoughts, usually at the end of a paragraph also, so it leaves … Continue reading →

One of the language structures I still haven’t quite grasped is Atwoods’ use of quotes during some conversation and not using quotes during other conversation. It makes it very difficult to always determine if you’re a thought internally or externally. … Continue reading →

Regeat Berhe October 30, 2016 Art of Fiction Professor Dietrich Homework Blog 5:   Reading chapters 26 through 30 in “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, showed me that her writing techniques are very unique from other authors. Atwood starts … Continue reading →

An interesting part of Atwood’s writing is her use of flashbacks within the novel. Whenever she uses them it serves as an abrupt break in the story, where it serves to show us some sort of more information about Offred’s … Continue reading →

Often Atwood utilizes flashbacks and interjecting memories to construct a complex narrative style. This dynamic narrative style creates a haphazard sense of time that reflects the overall mood of the setting and events within the novel. Furthermore, these recalled memories … Continue reading →

I’ll start broad then I’ll trim the fat. This story by Atwood seems to be a more expansive exposé into themes of the short stories we have passed through this semester. In a way this piece of fiction is culminative … Continue reading →

Atwood likes to break to the past very quickly, with no transition. and she likes to break back to the present also with no transition. We have talked about this in class and it was demonstrated multiple times during this … Continue reading →

I am going to start this blog stating I really don’t know what this story is all about yet, where it takes place or the time the story is set in. At first I thought it was set in like … Continue reading →

The Epigraph in “The Handmaids Tail” is a biblical verse, a proverb, and a quote that seemingly have nothing in common but I think that as we read on they will become more apparent and relevant.  My first impression after … Continue reading →

After reading the first three chapters and the epigraph of The Handmaid’s Tale, I’m left with more questions than I had when I was first beginning the novel. The first epigraph is taken from the bible, and I believe that the … Continue reading →