The Handmaid’s Tale

            So far this has been a provocative and rather strange piece of literature.  It is a whole new style of writing for me; I usually read books of a different nature.  I am not having a lot of great success in reading this book as fast as I would like to.  I just can’t seem to get into the story.  That being said the most intriguing thing so far for me is the form of government.  I have enjoyed learning about the way this government operates.  I feel that I would like to write my essay through the eyes of this government.  I think that in doing so it will give me a very non-bias view of the writing and the messages that the author is trying to portray.  For me the government seems to want good things, it just has a warped sense on how to accomplish them; Very similar to the Nazis of Germany before and during the World Wars.  I am fascinated with opinions that differ from mine.  I thoroughly enjoy trying to see things through the eyes of another.  This will simply give me another opportunity to do just that.  I hope that I can get a grasp of what the author is trying to tell me. 

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