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The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood

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Atwood reveals details about Gilead slowly to the reader. Through most of the text, I found this frustrating. I wanted to know every detail of what had happened, how it happened, who Gilead was at war with. However, he read is only let in slowly, and with only partial information. My interest always perked up when details were given about Gilead, its systems, and rules, or the coup that overthrew the American government. I had to wait for my question to be answered and not all of them were. This in some ways mirrors that of Offerd and most other characters in the text. They live at the whim of those in power only privy to what they are allowed to know. I think Offred mentions the flashback for two reasons. The first being that it gives
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