The Handmaids Tale
The Handmaids Tale
The first two paragraphs of the book The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood have great importance to the rest of the book. It introduces the main character and the world that she used to live in. The two paragraphs are written with many clues that suggest what time it played in and what it was like in those times.
The first page of the book explains the situation that she is in and what she thinks of it. The narrator explains in great detail without using many words what the gym that she is in looks like, what she smells and what she thinks of it, "the pungent scent of sweat, shot through with the sweet taint of chewing gum and perfume." It reminds her of dances that she remembers; she then has a run through what the gym has been through, "miniskirts then pants then in one earring, spiky green streaked hair." This is walking through time from the 1950`s to the 1980`s. The way this is described gives it an eerie, ghostly feeling but still there is a feeling......
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