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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

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#3: The Handmaid's Tale > Help me.

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Nov 08, 2015 12:46PM

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One of the paragraphs ended with the solitary line, "Help me." as Offred explained the origin of the word "Mayday."

Is she truly asking for help? Is that intentional? Is that symbolic of her desperate situation?

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