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The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood

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In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the wall’s purpose is to display a warning to anyone who wants to try and overcome the system. As seen in the novel, men who are strung up on the wall are seen as “war criminals” (Atwood 33). To explain, the citizens of Gilead see the people on the wall as criminals for what they tried to do. Although these crimes may be legal at the time, the Gilead leaders have changed the rules to fit their views. These criminals now are hung on the wall to let everyone know what will happen to them if they try to commit these crimes. Among the many bodies on the wall, some of these bodies are of men wearing “white coats” (Atwood 32), commonly worn by doctors or scientists. Doctors were executed due to their practices
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