Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood’s novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, is a compelling book made up of many elements. ... Instead of using the proper words, which would be stomach and cigarettes, Atwood decides to use slang. Atwood uses lots of detailed images in the novel. ... The work is highly ironic in the fact that it is completely the opposite of what Margaret Atwood wants to happen. Atwood is a huge feminist, and it is ironic that she shows life in the complete opposite way, as she wants it to be. ... Diction reveals education because it is obviously not the perfect prose, just casual because Atwood uses slang and the novel is not written in a highly educated way. ... The sentences in “The Handmaid’s Tale” are simple, yet, the writer uses different structures at different times for emphasis. ... Atwood italicizes the word “my” to show the reader that the women in the novel feel as if they own nothing. ... Margaret Atwood is a very unique writer because she writes about what she believes in but changes it to be the opposite.