Category: Book Reviews
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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 when she accidentally chopped at her left ring finger. It was left dangling by a thread (of skin?). A nurse at the Camp sewed her…
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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 may earn a small commission if you buy from this weblink. Related post: The main book review is at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/the-handmaids-tale/
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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 whole chicken. Rita is one of the two Marthas who work in the domestic kitchen of Commander Fred’s and Serena Joy’s house. This is my…
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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 is my copy of the book The Handmaid’s Tale. This what Amazon sells: Buying from weblinks might give me a small commission. Related posts:
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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 revealing the life style of June. Readers learn the significance of the bath time routine later. Likewise, Atwood writes about how June saves up almost…
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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, get the book. If you buy from this link, I may earn a small commission. The main book review post for The Handmaid’s Tale is…
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June’s blue irises, written in The Handmaid’s Tale, is a picture frame suspended on the wall of her room. (Atwood, p. 13) This link connects to Van Gogh’s painting of blue flowers. Her thoughts are intermingled with memories of her old life. Her relationship with Luke didn’t work out. If you buy from these weblinks,…
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Atwood’s office clothes: When Margaret Atwood was working in a product research company, she wore a blouse and skirt, help up by a garter belt. She covered her legs with stockings. She wore medium high heels because she didn’t wish for her feet to hurt at the end of the work day. This was described…
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Cora, also spelled Kora, Korra or Kore, is an honorable name. It means good, virtuous, honest and fair. Some. companies choose to use a feminine name, like Cora, to induce associations of being just, and having good qualities. Cora is a version of the Greek name Persephone, a goddess in Greek mythology. She is the…
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The Handmaid’s Tale is fiction After The Handmaid’s Tale was published in 1985, Margaret Atwood was asked by a man in the audience of a book event, whether this novel was autobiographical. She replied in the negative. (Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts, p. xiv) She told the man that the book was set…