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Josef K’s bedside table has a candle, a box of matches, a book and a pin cushion. These are the typical paraphernalia of a reader. He needs a book, a […]
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Sandra Sanders was Margaret Atwood’s first business partner. Sandra used to belong to a group of girls who targeted Margaret to tease and bully her. Until one day, Margaret decided […]
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Margaret Atwood’s partner in pranks at Camp White Pine was Beryl Fox. She wrote about this in Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts. Beryl and Margaret played pranks at […]
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Two members of the Student Parliament taught Margaret Atwood how to vote Stephen Lewis and Gerry Caplan taught Margaret Atwood how to vote, in a humorous way. They told Atwood […]
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Margaret Atwood’s left ring finger was almost hacked off by a hatchet. She wrote that it was a rainy day in Camp White Pine and she was using a hatchet […]
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Offred/ June’s favorite fruit Offred/ June likes oranges, as written by Margaret Atwood, in The Handmaid’s Tale. She says oranges are refreshing. This is my copy Buy the book I […]
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Rita asks Offred to get these for her by exchanging coupons Rita hands over coupons to Offred (June), for her to exchange for food items like cheese, eggs and one […]
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June & the Commander play Scrabble secretly in his study They keep the Scrabble sessions a secret from his wife, Serena Joy. This is the word game called Scrabble. This […]
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June, the lead female character in The Handmaid’s Tale, uses a bathroom which has wallpaper with blue forget-me-not flowers. The author, Margaret Atwood, builds up tension and momentum by slowly […]
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Aunt Lydia looks at tulips in The Handmaid’s Tale. (Atwood, p. 52) Perhaps she’s partial to tulips. To read more about the Puritan society for women in The Handmaid’s Tale, […]