Handmaid's Tale: A Fictional Narrative

“I avoided her since then and thanks to the size of the castle, that wasn’t so hard. Just when I felt like I was getting over the mess, I saw her a few days ago. She’s with child.”

Parents typically don’t want their children reading in depth books about sex; however, The Handmaid’s Tale offers great fictional examples that teach sexism and the mistreatment of women, yet these examples can lead some in the wrong way. Therefore depending on the view in society, The Handmaid’s tale should be banned or kept to certain areas of the world because of the unfair treatment of women.

The Handmaids Tale, written by Margaret Attwood, goes on to explore the consequences that come to be from the reversal of womens rights in a society called Gilead. It is what one can consider a cautionary tale. In the new world of Gilead, a group of conservative religious extremists have taken power, and have turned the sexual revolution upside down. The society of Gilead is founded on what is to be considered a return to traditional values, gender roles and the subjugation of women by men, and the Bible is used as the guiding principle. It differs completely from the society, which was once the place in which Feminists argued for liberation from the traditional gender roles. What women had worked hard for in the

“My friend, no. I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi-“

Delief was 7 when he first casted magic. This ironically was at a chantry event created to bring human and elven children together to bolster relations that event had broken down to a fist fight between elven children and human children. When a child tried to attack him Delief panicked and casted Mage hand by accident the hand began to strangle the child. Once the clerics saw this happening templars were called in and they promptly dispelled it while putting Delief into custody. Delief would then be sent to the circle where he would study day and night to catch up to children who arrived a few years younger. While studying Delief fell asleep and befriended some kind spirits who taught him of the ancient elves and their language. This sparked

Gawain lay on a cold, hard surface, daggers sticking into his skull, a flaming pike shoved into his midsection, and a dead rat stuffed into his mouth.

Damn, Perceval’s joke hadn’t gone over well. “Just that you look a little tired. You know when babies are tired and

“Ha!” he chuckled. “Maybe you should ask your young man first before you make such a bold statement. Cathleen, have a safe trip. Son-in-law, she is less demanding when she gets her way.”

With much effort, Bahauddin jumped up and grabbed the weathered wooden rungs attached to the shaft. The raging flame of the oil lantern was Bahauddin’s only source of light as he fingered his long, spindly hands across the rusted iron rungs. With much effort, Bahauddin raised himself up through the shaft, trying not to have his loose white garb with the seven keys slip off of his emaciated shoulders. Oh, why did priestly garb have to be so inefficient!

After spending the day in the village, they came back home in the late evening. Considering Ediths reaction, they haven’t mentioned to anyone else that they live in the old farm. Edith mentioning that the personal stuff of the Backshards is still in the cellar didn't go out of Drews head, consequently he decided to go into the cellar to personally have a look at this. With mixed emotion, he went to the cellar on his own, which wasn’t a very smart decision as he was to find out shortly. It didn’t take him a long time to find all the stuff, Edith was talking

Frank, who had his hand on the girl’s arm, guiding her among the more upscale carriages, answered her question brusquely. “Our parents have long since grown to understand that their sons do as pleases us, regardless of our parents’ wishes. Our mother has been after us for years to marry, and regardless of your social station, the fact that one of us has done so mitigates whatever other feelings they may have. We play our part in maintaining the family wealth and status, so they have nought to complain about in our private lives. Here we go,” he finished up, leading her to a very nice enclosed carriage with a groom standing by with the horses.

I am servant, the servant who will escort princess WenLu, the fifteenth daughter of Wei emperor, to her marriage. It will be a long, hard, treacherous journey. Three other servants, the princess and I will set off on horseback across the long, wide, unforgiving desert.

"Thank you, Ulrich. I suppose you're right. I'll see her in the morning, first thing."

Pivotal Quotes: “We go along the corridor and through another flat gray door and along another corridor,softly lit and carpeted this time, in a mushroom color, browny pink.Doors open off it, with numbers on them; a hundred and one, a hundred and two, the way you count during a thunderstorm, to see how close you are to being struck. It’s a hotel then. From behind one of the doors comes laughter, a man’s and also a woman’s. It’s a long time since I’ve heard that” (234). -refers to the point where life changes for Offred, when she goes to the club with the commander. Shows the style and the thoughts of the narrator as time goes by in the

She beamed, “Thank you, Son. You’ll make a lucky woman a fine husband someday.” Uri’s smiled to his ears. “I’m going to purchase a few items for myself and for you. Would you like to come? That is if your father doesn’t need