The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 

Paper details Instructions: First paragraph should state clearly the question or problem your essay explores, and should at least hint at the conclusion you reach. A crisp thesis statement is desirable. Good introductions may also employ a zinger quote, a provocative observation, a series of rhetorical questions, or a shocking statistic. The important thing is immediately to engage the reader’s interest. Explain and analyze. There is room for opinion and speculation in your paper, but do not confuse it with evidence or argument. Stay focused. Don’t meander into some historical or theoretical backwater irrelevant to your argument. Topic: In the Handmaid’s Tale the Republic of Gilead is fashioned after 17th century Puritan New England. How relevant is the book to today’s world? Discuss. After reading The Handmaid’s Tale reflect on the purpose of a distopian novel. Is a distopian meant to transport you to another place, or to see your own society with new eyes. How relevant is Atwood’s cautionary tale to the modern world? Discuss.