An emotion I felt when reading The Handmaid’s Tale was the overwhelming feeling of being trapped. This is the feeling of being stuck in a situation over which you have no control, or no way out. No matter what you do, you find no escape and you are doomed to live a miserable life. You lose hope because there is no possible solution. I felt this way because the novel is written from Offred’s perspective. She doesn’t want to be a handmaid, but it isn't her choice. She was forced into this life. I also began feeling as if I were in the book as well, stuck with the other handmaids and condemned…