Jen Gamble wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone could help me out? I'm writing a
> thesis-driven paper about the socio-cultural experiences of the women
> in
> The Handmaid's Tale. I really don't have any idea where to
> start...does
> anyone have any suggestions as to a subject or thesis?
> Thanks...
Perhaps you best bet is to examine what papers have already examined
that subject. The subject of "socio-cultural" experiences is a rather
broad area to take in, so you may wish to begin looking at US society
today and comparing and contrasting it to the Gilead society of
tomorrow, but something tells me, this close to the end of the semester,
that you're expected to do research as well. You might be best off
examining what Atwood saw as the trends we were headed in during the
mid-eighties and then comparing all three...once you've done that, the
thesis will follow (during my undergraduate and graduate years, I never
wrote a thesis first...it always came during or at the end of the paper
writing process).
- Geoffrey
-- "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Ford Prefect
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