The Handmaid's Tale- Predictions

Yup, even on New Year’s Eve...

Homework, oh what a fine thing to do on New Year’s Eve! Though, I would actually enjoy it, if I weren’t half so up to my neck in it, but don’t be mistaken I’m not asking for your pity. I’m aware that there is no time for my groundless complaint and that I should get on with my business, as it’s partly my fault for procrastinating my duties, regardless of my tight schedule of exams (Lesson 1: “Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task”, William James). So let’s move on to my predictions about character development and the storyline, shall we?

found this on the internet, might come in handy

I’m convinced that after slapping our face with the bitter truth, a book needs to enable the readers to hold on to an optimistic image of a better future, so as not to cause further gloom and depression. In short, I believe that Offred will eventually find a way out of this system with perhaps a bit of help from the Commander, who is beginning to show hints of friendliness towards her, or maybe from the gardener and chauffeur Nick, to whom she seems quite attracted. As for her daughter and her husband, she may discover that they were long dead, but I don’t think that would come much of a surprise to her, since I suppose, deep down she actually knew that they weren’t alive, but she convinced herself of the contrary in order to survive, or to simply have a reason to carry on. In the end, she might somehow manage to bury this whole regime in the pages of history and establish herself a “new life” with Nick.

FIN.

Oh wow, that was the shortest entry I’ve ever written, quite proud J

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