"I saw her go out, to the ambulance, on a stretcher, carried by two angels (91)."
This sentence creates an illusion of actual angels carrying Moira out of the building. In reality, the "angels" in the novel are soldiers who fight to expand their country's borders. They're nothing like the majestic beings that are brought to mind by the word angel. Atwood did this to show how corrupt the society truly was and to create a false illusion in the reader's mind.
do you need "in the reader's mind?" consider how you can be effective in an economy of words; I like how you bring it back to Atwood consistently.
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