In reading "The Handmaids Tale" I noticed that everyday items and observations are likened to some kind of sickening or violent image, which indicate that Offred's thought process isn't really all that stable; for example a removed light fixture is described as being "like the place in a face where the eye has been taken out." ... The color red is referred to many times in the novel, most notably when Offred describes herself as "a Sister, dipped in blood." ... The reoccurring image of the tulips in the garden also relates to this as they are also red and compared...

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My name is Amara. I am just recently turned 16 with my twin, Heidi. That day was the start of something extremely horrible. I never thought I would ever hate turning 16, but that was the day Heidi and I were cursed. We ended up haunted. We became pawns in a sick twisted game. I feel that you and the...

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• Grade Level: High School