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This feels very surreal to be writing up my last blog ; writing one of these every Friday has become a part of my weekly writing schedule and it feels strange to have to let it go or that its just finished. It makes me sad to see it go, along with other writing projectsContinue reading “Week 15 – Those Were the Days”

Q: What is the significance of the concluding line [of “Speech Sounds”] ? Up until the very last line of the story, we’re led to assume that Rye is unable to speak due to the illness affecting her reading and writing patterns. So it is a bit of a plot twist to us, since weContinue reading “Response Q’s – (4/23/20)”

Q: What does the juxtaposition of the urban myths and legends add to the story? What sense do we get of the narrators own story, filtered through fairy tales? In one way, you could see the narrators constant reiteration of these sorts of tales as a symbol of her quick jump from child and daughterContinue reading “Response Q’s – (4/21/20)”

I’ve slowly been loosing track of time; I keep forgetting that we are all halfway through April. The snow outside my window also isn’t helping with any of my time confusion. I wasn’t entirely shocked by the ending of Handmaid’s Tale, it was probably the most realistic, albeit unjust endings that would occur in aContinue reading “Week #? – Isolation to even more isolation”

Q: How does this [story] hit differently in the light of Offred’s narrative, Bertha mason’s story or of Harriet Jacobs? The story of The Yellow Wallpaper is another sobering example of female narratives being questioned or just flat out being suppressed and silenced. It’s a wonder that the narrator of the Yellow Wallpaper’s story gotContinue reading “Response Q’s – (4/16/20)”

Q: What is a particution? Why is it especially evil? The paticution is a group-wide execution that all the Handmaids, except Offred partake in, where they beat two guards accused of rape to death. Atwood describes it as particularly visceral and violent. “There’s a surge forward, like a crowd at a rock concert in theContinue reading “Response Q’s – 4/14/20”

With this week’s reading, I feel like it’s gotten even darker and more grim for Offred and her group of fellow handmaids. I’m also happy we finally got to hear about what happened to the elusive Moria and it’s really depressing what ended up happening to her. Aside from Luke and her daughter, Moria seemedContinue reading “Week 13 – oh boy it got dark”

Q: What real [Marriage] issues does Gilead identify? What does it get wrong in this solution? The main issue with marriage they tackle, in a remarkably awful way, is the impact fulness that marriage can have on the society at large. It’s a very complex and hypocritical relationship, similar to Gilead’s odd stance on religion,Continue reading “Response Q’s – 4/9/20”

Q: Complicated women that asks us to consider how women can/are be complacent in their own subjugation. Why might they be this way? While the other women of more upper-class status had a bit more power than the handmaids, they still are underneath the boot of the men at the top of the social pyramidContinue reading “Response Q’s – 4/7/20”

First off, I need to post this tweet cause I think all of us can relate to right now. Second, this weeks reading has been a really strong shifts. The ending of Edna in The Awakening really surprised me. I didn’t even read it as a suicide when I initially read it, I thought EdnaContinue reading “Week 12 – From one world to another”