ENG.1B READER RESPONSE THE HANDMAID'S TALE <Tab/>In the story of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood sets the tone with the narrator describing what every night feels and looks like from what use to be a gymnasium which is now where the narrator and the rest of the girls sleep. The narrator is basically explaining what goes on in her recent posting from the certain types of uniforms they wear …showed first 75 words of 651 total…

…showed last 75 words of 651 total…thickened, her left hand on the ivory head of her cane, the large diamonds on the ring finger and the tone of her commanding voice laying down the rules to the house. In a way, she kind of describes someone royalty like a queen. In the end of chapter three, the narrator sets the tone for chapter four of expectations now that she recognizes who the Commander's Wife is and what to expect from her.