Tag: Madeline Brewer
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Under the Eye: “God Bless the Child”
“O sinners, let’s go downLet’s go down, come on downO sinners, let’s go downDown in the river to pray” Gilead processionals are like masterfully-executed geometric configurations. Though the world is a murky, relentless tomb, the blood red lines of handmaids are vibrant as they march alongside the walking dead Aunts to celebrate new live births.…
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Under the Eye: “Smart Power”
O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. I open the review with that little ditty because Fred and Serena (with Nick) are…
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Under the Eye: “Women’s Work”
“Man works from sun to sun, but woman’s work is never done” I never found it to be in the story’s favor that Offred was chosen to be the Unreliable Narrator. It gives a writer license to ignore his or her own rules in establishing narrative. Margaret Atwood wanted The Handmaid’s Tale to be a…
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Under the Eye: “After”
Unintended consequences. Let’s let that one sink through just a little until it creates a bruise. Unintended consequences. 31 handmaids died in Ofglen the Second’s attack. 26 Commanders died as well, but 31 handmaids died. I admit I don’t fully grasp the physics of explosions, but Ofglen the Second did manage to bury herself deep…
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Under the Eye: “Seeds”
Maybe June’s lost what’s left of her mind, I don’t know, but it’s the middle of the night, she wakes up, grabs the pile of clandestine letters she received in the package from Mayday and starts burning them in the sink. When Nick confronts her, she tells him she’s not supposed to leave her room…
Misadventures in Blissville 