IB English Paper 2 Book Introductions

Question 1

The Handmaids Tale

Answer 1

Margarett Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale, published in 1985 is a speculative fiction novel that conveys Offred, the protagonist, in a future fundamentalist theonomy known as “The Republic of Gilead” ruling the territory of what had been the United States.

Question 2

A Doll’s House

Answer 2

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, published in 1879 is a norwegian realist play that centres around a traditional middle-class household set in a typical norwegian town in the mid 1800s.

Question 3

The Things They Carried

Answer 3

Tim Obrien’s The Things They Carried, published in 1990 is a semiautobiagraphical war novel/collection of short stories that depicts O’brien’s experiences in and around the Vietnam war.