Homework Help: English

Posted by John on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 9:58pm.

In Handmaid's Tale, What can you tell about the period just from the first sentence?

"We slept in what had once been the gymnasium?"

What I put was that it was from long time ago because a gymnasium is used for playing sports, not to sleep and in this sentence it's telling us that they slept there.

English - Writeacher, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 10:01pm
So ... why would they be sleeping where people usually play sports??
English - Preston, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 10:02pm
They could be sleeping in a gym because of natural disasters (weather, etc).hope this helps

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