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The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood

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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood begins with the main character, Offred, describing the setting of the gymnasium she is in. The room is called the Red Center and her and many other women are sleeping there. The place is guarded by two women, Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth who prevent the women from escaping. Offred is the narrator of the story as well as the main character of the story. She is a handmaid, the women who bear children for the elite couples. In the next chapter, Offred is in a room and has to get dressed in an extremely conservative, red outfit. The color red is the color that represents the handmaids. She goes downstairs and sees the Marthas downstairs gossiping about her. The Marthas, Rita and Cora, are servants in the Gilead
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