The Handmaid's Tale

Students of English literature would relate to the struggles faced by many while studying the subject. Therefore, it was no surprise when a student took to social media to seek guidance for an essay she was supposed to write for class on Margaret Atwood's book 'The Handmaid's Tale'. What was surprising, however, was the fact that the Man Booker Prize-winning author and poet responded to the tweet and actually answered the student's question! The student, who goes by the Twitter handle Momchill Gavrilov, posted…

“Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.” This sagely observation that Margaret Atwood made in her 1985 book, The Handmaid's Tale, was all too true after the 2016 US election when women took to the streets (in 2017) to protest against President Donald Trump's governance, which made many feel like they were living in Atwood's dystopian world, Gilead. Handmade signs that said, "Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again" surfaced overnight, and The…