Letter To The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood

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My dearest daughter, I am sitting in my new home, at the Waterford residents, with so many thoughts as I look out of my window that does not open all the way. It has taken me years to write you a letter, but I happened to find a few sheets of paper and a pen lying in an office I often visit in the new home. You, my daughter, are so beautiful with your light blonde hair. I sit her and pray for you and your future here in Gilead. The thought of your future is almost too much to bear, but it is a thought I have often. I realize that as your mother I owe you much advice for what is to come. How do I share all the advice I have that will prepare you for the future of womanhood today? First, I pray you stay on the path created for you. That you remember …show more content…

As you grown up and move into this new world, you will be eager to find and experience new things. I want to believe this world is good, but you must know there are people and places that are not. You must take risks, but you must discipline yourself. Only seek people who are like you. You must look at any and every one like it is the first time you have encountered it/them. Be aware. Seek the people like you to help you through life. To create a world, us women deserve. Your generation has this power. Gilead was founded by people who are not like you. They put bad in all things for women… but we must remain hopeful that Gilead will diminish one …show more content…

I know it will… I just know. These last few years have been crazy. I have kept hope, but did not focus on our separation. I continue to stay focused more on my heart and determination to not give up. I weep as I see our freedom as women being taken away from us, but I am so hopeful your life will be different. My sweet girl, I hope one day this letter will make it to you to prove that I miss you, and more than anything love you so much. For your future, I pray you will have the power to make your own decisions. You must protect yourself and focus on what is best for your

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