what do you take me for?

“And not the water bucket. ������ do you take me for?”

������ do you take me for – Rupert Murdoch?

Atwood is a literary writer who tries not to act like one, taking mock umbrage — “Of course. ������ do you take me for?” — when asked if she has read “The Hunger Games.”

Atwood is a literary writer who tries not to act like one, taking mock umbrage - “Of course. ������ do you take me for?” - when asked if she has read “The Hunger Games.”

“No—good heavens, what do you take me for? I think you’ve made a mistake in coming here, in joining forces with Mrs. Van Hopper. You are not made for that sort of job. You’re too young, for one thing, and too soft. Blaize and her commission, that’s nothing. The first of many similar incidents from other Blaizes. You will either have to give in, and become a sort of Blaize yourself, or stay as you are and be broken. Who suggested you take on this thing in the first place?”