Tuesday, April 5, 2011

"The Hand-Maid's Tale" pgs. 1-49

Ok..
I think this book is getting interesting already.  First the narrator describes the living conditions which I think is really weird.  They almost sound like prisons, or dorms (which are like prisons).  I think it is weird she can't drink coffee, smoke cigs or drink alcohol because she is a Hand-Maid.  I also think it is weird when Offren and Olgren go to the market and people spit at them and they see people hung.  I am assuming this story takes place in the future because Offren talks about how she use to go to college and remembers childhood memories.  I guess I am sort of confused as to why she is living this way now, she also mentions that she has flashbacks to her previous life with Luke but cannot remember everything because she "thinks she was drugged by the authorities."  I am looking forward to reading more of this story!

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