The Handmaid's Tale

The novel, though based on a society narrowly focused on one passage of the Bible is a, thankfully, unique novel. Such blatant extremism helps to emphasize the wrongdoings of the society, making reading the novel more enjoyable since the less obvious aspects are those that must be carefully analyzed and the obvious aspects are those especially written so they can be discussed. Though the grand majority of allusions in the novel are Biblical, this makes finding the allusions easier and thus more quickly understood. Though certain parts, such as the significance of the colors, merited further research, each specific aspect of the society is carefully chosen and placed accordingly. The novel is carefully written and done so more as a story making the reading of the novel a pleasure to read, despite certain disturbing aspects such as the division of roles.