Narratiion And Narrative Technique In Sec V + Vi Of The Handmaid's Tale
Sections V & VI comprise five chapters, 13 – 17. As is the case pretty much throughout the novel, the narrative is quite discontinuous (one could also say the narrative is non-linear), with present scenes interspersed with numerous flashbacks.
Section V (which consists of only Chapter 13) is a very good example of discontinuity in narrative as is seen throughout much of the book, because it contains many different short scenes where Offred is either being quite reflective (e.g. the passage where she speaks about boredom being erotic), flashbacks (such as the one where she and her daughter are caught while escaping) as well as scenes in the present (when she is seeing her own perception of her body change) The main purpose of the flashbacks is to flesh out the story, that is to say, provide background information and show us past events, so that the whole story makes sense and means more to us. However, each flashback also shows that she is not afraid to tell the story of her......
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