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The Heart Goes Last Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

Atwood's other fiction, particularly her speculative fiction, critiques different aspects of society in similar ways as The Heart Goes Last. Her other works of speculative fiction include The MaddAddam Trilogy Trilogy, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Testaments. Atwood is also a poet, and she has numerous poetry books that hone in on her writing style and beautiful use of language. Her work as a poet has no doubt influenced her prose writing.

Other historical and contemporary works of speculative fiction may be of interest as well. Older works, such as Brave New World by Aldous Huxley or 1984 by George Orwell, as well as newer works, such as Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, The...

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