The organization, syntax, and imagery used in Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's Tale.

Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's Tale, is in a class of its own. I have never read a book with its form of organization, syntax, or use of description and imagery. Atwood used these tools to awesome effect. Atwood's narrative is written in what seems as no order at all, yet as you get deeper into the book, you realize that it is chronologically arranged, with countless flashbacks thrown into it. It feels as if …

…use of imagery creates a world so sensuous as to be physically impossible. Everything is delivered; the texture, the taste, the scent. The reader is released into a world solely made up of touch, feel, taste, smell, and sound. Atwood has created a world beyond imagination with her organization, syntax, and description and imagery. Her proficiency with these devices creates a book that is almost a living, breathing being, a being that everyone should meet.