With over six billion people on this earth, there can be over six billion perspectives on one issue. In literature, the point-of-view a story is told from can change the way a reader interprets it. In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the first person point-of-view allows the reader to identify with and experience what Offred, the narrator, feels.

The first person point-of-view involves a character telling a story through their eyes. In the case of The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred is a handmaid forced to endure the oppressions of a chauvinistic society. The women are secluded and raised for one purpose: breeding. The first person point-of-view allows the reader to experience the cruel, m

The title for this book is most appropriate, as it is tale told by a handmaid describing her life. The handmaid has no real name. Her talking “privileges” have been revoked, and her personality stripped upon the implementation of uniforms. First person allows the reader to sympathize with Offred’s callous sessions of forced sex with the Commander. First person also allows the Atwood to convey some of her beliefs through the main character. This story obviously contains some satirical elements on politicians and some peoples beliefs that God created man to breed on earth.

While the first person point-of-view permits the reader to identify with one character, the third person point-of-view allows the reader to know what every

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