The Handmaid

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The handmaid is an excellent book to read, in my opinion this book should remain on the high school curriculum because in the book they teach you the way women’s live during the war, the conduction that women’s had to go through and the impact on the women. In the book the author takes bunch of characters and talk about them. They are not any random characters, these are the characters the story revolves around. These are the people that brought change in the book. They are the one that push them self to reach their goal, even though the path they have taken is not bright.

As you know that the book was written during a war and the author only talks about the women’s because the author want to teach us the society how the war can affect them
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You could say that there living conduction have gotten horrible due to the war. Not only the living conduction were effected and also effected the way they dress. They are forced to wear a red dress and they were told not to talk to anyone on the streets because it is to keep them safe. They state that everything to do for the women is for their …show more content…
In the book the author takes bunch of characters and talk about them. They are not any random characters, these are the characters the story revolves around. These are the people that brought change in the book. They are the one that push them self to reach their goal, even though the path they have taken is not bright. As you know that the book was written during a war and the author only talks about the women’s because the author want to teach us the society how the war can affect them in there society. She goes deep in their life, she goes through their entire life. Ex Their family, the properties, the money and Offred is the perfect from the book example because she lost everything. “”. There were rules, they must follow and the rules were made to distract them from the real problem. But any wrong action will be the cost of their life because they disobeyed the

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