Week 5 Post #3

I think that if I had to pick which book spoke to me the most it would be a toss up between The Handmaid's Tale and Love in the Time Of Cholera. The way the Atwood referred back to the time that we live in now, speaking so negatively about most of it, made me actually think about everything that goes on right now. She talked about how people sleep around, about our government, about marraige and lots more, but it seems like she has this view that our world is so corrupt that drastic measures need to be taken to correct society. I think the society that she created is even more messed up than the one we live in now. The same goes for her idea of the future in Oryx and Crake. The other book that spoke to me is Love in the Time of Cholera because I love to read about romances and broken hearts. Without trying to sound like a loser, I like to imagine that a man would fall so madly in love with me that he would dedicate his life to trying to win me over. Yes, I wish prince charming existed and yes, I wish that everlasting love was still something that people think and dream about. I didn't really like the fact that Florentino slept around so much but I guess that was his way of dealing with what he couldn't have.