In high school, I loved to read a lot. I didn’t read a lot of classics that both Eisenhower and Macarthur High School did. For instance, I’ve read: The Metamorphosis, Lord of the Flies, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hills like White Elephants, Beowulf, etc. So, I came to find out that when I was at OU, they had a Barnes and Noble. I love Barnes and Noble, specifically when selecting a book or a classic. A classic that I desired was The Handmaid’s Tale. I glanced at the cover, and I fell in love with it. The writer is Margaret Atwood, and she is remarkable at her storytelling in, The Handmaid’s Tale.
About The Handmaid’s Tale:
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now picture sintead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter, when she had a job, money of her own and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now… Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convining, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.
The Handmaid’s Tale is a series on Hulu.