Over the summer I read George R.R Martin’s ‘A Game of Thrones’ as well as Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaids Tale’.

The two books are very different with different genres and also the themes being dealt with in the book. One thing that I found interesting was that the structure of both books, neither book follows the structure of a typical novel. Game of Thrones instead of following a single main character, switches characters every chapter, this conveys to the audience that there isn’t anything particularly special about any character and no character is safe. If a character dies the game of thrones will continue because it is not reliant on just one character.

The Handmaid’s Tale  on the other hand follows a single narrator, Offred. Though it still is not a typical structure. Offred sways in between the past and present based on what the character feels like focusing on at the time. The inclusion on the Night section also allows a deeper dive into Offred’s mind as she is all only in those sections.