The Handmaid's Tale Analysis

Fiction has different writing styles and messages that are conveyed in such a way that the author can persuade the reader to hold a certain perspective on the world for the entire novel. In the Handmaids Tale rhetorical art is shown through the similar themes and the diction used by the author, which is why I agree that fiction is an essential rhetorical art. I agree to a big extent with this idea since a fiction work can have a clear purpose and like in this case share plenty of social commentary, which can make the reader feel a certain way towards that society. In the novel The Handmaids tale, we see the point of view of Offred the main character which to a small extent indicates that the author through her work want us to see and share

The oppression of Offred is seen in many scenarios such as, “I know why there is no glass, in front of the watercolor picture of blue irises, and why the window opens only partly and why the glass in it is shatter-proof. It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge”(4). This quote demonstrates that running away is impossible but they can’t even commit suicide, the connotation of suicide is very negative so the author uses it to create a better image of how bad the conditions are for the Handmaids. Its clear that the Author want us to share a particular perspective seen be the tone of,” As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes. Voices may reach us from it; but what they say to us is imbued with the obscurity of the matrix out of which they come; and, try as we may, we cannot always decipher them precisely in the clearer light of our own day (311). In the passage of the historical notes the tone is very lighthearted so when the professor mentions objectivity the purpose is the complete opposite since the whole novel is subjective and has a very serious