Book Review: Handmaid's Tale

     Hi blog friends! It was a very crazy week. I feel like I say that every week, but it's the truth. I got no more than 6 hours of sleep every night this week. Why? Rehearsal. HOMEWORK. Favorite TV shows... Umm. But anyways! We started our research project this week in English and it sometimes makes me want to claw my eyeballs out of my head, but I guess I'm surviving it. Haha. For the topic, I chose to read a Banned Book called Handmaid's Tale. Banned books are kind of self explanatory, but just to make sure things aren't foggy I'll go ahead and tell you what they are. These are books that have been banned from a library of some sort. They all have very controversial topics in them, and they're usually banned on Social, Religious, Sexual or Political grounds. Mine was basically on Sexual and Religious Grounds. Here, I'll give you a short summary.

     A group of terrorists have killed the president and all of congress. They suspend the Constitution 'in an attempt to sustain order'. They take advantage of electronic banking and suspend all women's accounts, then they basically strip all women of any rights. The Republic of Gilead is created. Women are taken and put in concubines. They are kept for reproductive purposes because of declining birth/fertility rates. The government restricts them of any rights you could think of. Told from the point of view of Offred, the book goes through all of her experinces trying to escape the concubine and find her husband and daughter, who she was seperated from by the government. 

     It seemed like it took forever to read this book, but it's probably just me! There's a lot of controversy over the sexual content in this book, and the anti-christian beliefs it seems to have imbedded in it. It's definitely a thinking book, not just an easy read. If you read it, prepare to be offended. (:

     So I just finished reading that book, and now I have to read the Adventures of Huckelberry Finn by Oct. 7th! GAHHHH. It's too much. That's also piled on top of rehearsal, Algebra II Homework, and Chemistry. I really don't think teachers know, or really even care, how much homework they give to us. It's ridiculous. So, if there isn't a recent blog post on here, you know what I'm doing. Hopefully I'll still have time to write some posts! Stay tuned. (:

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