the handmaid’s tale | Snowy Fictions

How Realistic Is The Handmaid’s Tale? Not By Much.

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Mar 9, 2020 | Philosophy

Note: This blog post contains no spoilers for Atwood’s books or the television show. Atwood’s groundbreaking dystopia The Handmaid’s Tale is proof that fiction has the ability to appear too real. Yet how realistic is The Handmaid’s Tale? The...

Effective Dystopia: Three Tips

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Mar 14, 2019 | literature, Writing Tips

Dystopias- a subgenre of science fiction- remains one of my favourite genres to read. It’s also polarizing and causes the reader to analyze the world they live in. No topic is off bounds- politics, religion, sex, violence, drugs and entertainment- are shown in...