Creative Writing: The Handmaid's Tale

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Light streaks across his face ,as the sun rises in the morning. His dream abrupted by the pain as he falls off his bed. The smell of the room reeked strange almost foreign smell and he couldn’t hear any traffic outside his window. He felt a weight upon his chest ,which was almost made him afraid of opening his eyes. He opened his eyes and immediately he touched his chest. There he realised that this was not his body. Baffled by this surprise he immediately looked in a mirror within this unfamiliar room which looked to him rustic. A woman around the age he was standing before him in the mirror. “Is this a dream”, he thought to himself. Even the pain of falling from his bed still lingered.

He examined the room, realizing there is not a hint …show more content…

The voice sounded like that of an old lady.

“Me?” he asked

“Yes you! Young lady!”, said the voice in a foreign accent. He walks to the lady as she brings out a light. “Hurry up young lady or else you’re going to miss out on your meeting with the third son of the Arden family.” The old lady was in a rustic dress and had a cane in her right hand.

“What about school”, the he asked.

“What do you mean school. Only the wealthy boys get a schooling. Not a little girl from our family like you.” she said in a irritated tone. She smiled ,” maybe if you marry the young man you’ll be able to attend a schooling. So should look your finest …show more content…

Baffled by the discovery the boy sat down. He looked quite odd the the old lady since he sat with his legs open in the girl’s body. The boy collected himself in a few minutes and decided to go the bedroom. There he contemplated on what to do. He was still in quite a shock, but to the surprise of most , he was more in shock that the girl was not able to go to school. The boy was an active supporter of public education, so hearing her not being able to go was quite preposterous for

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