Handmaids Tale: Serena joys attitude to the regime
What can we tell about Serena Joy and her attitudes to the regime and handmaids? The introduction to Serena Joy is quite hard to interpret in the way that it doesn’t seem to, and can’t, tell us much about her attitude and what she is thinking as it is written from the perspective of another person. However it does tell us rather a bit about her appearance or how she behaves in front of the handmaid. We get quite a the feeling she seems quite a cold person, in the way she talks especially, but in this book you can never be sure if it is how the people really are or the way they are behaving because they are expected to act that way. We also learn about the effect the regime has had of the people, particularly the wives. The sentence about Serena Joy not stepping aside at the door to let her in and about there being “…push and shove, these days, over such toeholds”. This gives us the impression that even the wives of commanders and generals, who are meant to be important, powerful people are restricted in many ways and also that they may feel invaded by the presence of the handmaids and the purpose they are serving in their homes. The way that Serena Joy make
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Serena Joy, Serena Offred, Nick Offred, Secondly Offred, serena joy, Analysis Serena, offred remembers serena, serena offred, regime people, makes offred, offred remembers, remembers serena,
Approximate Word count = 809
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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