Explore the narrative techniques used by Atwood to portray the inner life of Offered in ?The Handmaid's Tale'.

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March 13, 2014

 

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In this way, we get to know her inner-most thoughts ("This is what I feel like: this sound of glass. I feel like the word shatter."). For example, we get to know what Offred thinks about when she kisses the Commander in Chapter thirty-two: "When I kiss him goodnight?his breath smells of alcohol, and I breathe it in like smoke, I admit I relish it, this lick of dissipation...
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However, the Ceremony was cold and impersonal, whereas this meeting suggests how Offred indulges herself in the Commander's taste, which is almost as addictive as a cigarette. This method of writing also presents the possibility of narrator bias; the fact that Offred is female and Atwood a feminist enables Atwood to mask her ideas, thoughts and opinions within the story and characters...
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