Writing Task C Rationale I chose to write an extra chapter for the book ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood. This book is about the Republic of Gilead‚ a dictatorship‚ where most women are infertile due to nuclear waste. The few fertile women become ‘Handmaids’‚ birth-mothers for the upper-class. The main character is Offred‚ who became a Handmaid after attempting to escape Gilead with her daughter and husband‚ Luke. She was separated from them became a Handmaid in the house of the
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Totalitarianism: The Government of the Future? In both novels‚ 1984 by George Orwell and Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood‚ the world in which the main characters live in is a totalitarian nation looking for utopia. Both main characters are presented as rebels against their governments but both worlds are very different. Winston Smith and Offred are looking for a way to beat their governments‚ and their rebellion leads them to similar situations. They both gain friends and information to help
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In the text‚ the Handmaid’s Tale‚ author Margaret Atwood uses unique feminist writing to satire 1980s female rights issues with a religious state that oppressed females. Examples of the mirrored realms in the instance of exaggeration of inactivity in pursuit of female rights‚ a nuanced comparison of between the patriarchal America of the 80’s and the government that ran Gilead. Atwood depicts subtle parallelisms between the time in which she lived in‚ and the misogynistic world seen in the country
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Trapped in the new society the narrator and the other women are forbidden from using their real names or in other words‚ they were restricted to have an identity. Despite these restrictions‚ the women found ways to keep their identities alive. By rebelling against the rules‚ even in the slightest manor‚ it allowed them to experience freedom in their oppressed society. This passage describes the role women play in society. It exemplifies that women are simply seen as objects that are classified by
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XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX ENGL 252-01 28 November 2012 Thoughts on Feminism and Dystopia in The Handmaid’s Tale The Annotated Bibliography Dopp‚ Jamie. "Subject-Position as Victim-Position in The Handmaid’s Tale." Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne [Online]‚ 19.1 (1994): n. page. Web. 27 Nov. 2012 Dopp believes that Dopp believes that the goal of The Handmaid’s Tale is to work against the oppression of women‚ While he feels that is actually does the
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Since the wave of Feminism in Canada‚ Feminism has been written into the literature by Canadian authors. They believe securing women’s rights would enhance the recognition of women’s value in society‚ which can lead to the moral and social improvement of all humanity. Secret daughter introduces a weak female character Kavita‚ who is prohibited from keeping her child in a distorted society. The handmaid’s Tale reveals a new career called handmaid in the future society‚ whose mission is to have children
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Christa Bennett Atwood does a fantastic job of incorporating color symbolism throughout The Handmaid’s Tale. One of the main colors she uses to push her plot forward is the color red. When you think of the color red what do you think of... love‚ rage‚ anger‚ power‚ Communism... maybe blood. In the book The Handmaid’s Tale‚ red is the color of the handmaids. The Handmaids always wear long red habits if you will; that covers their whole body. “The skirt is ankle-length‚ full‚ gathered to a flat
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As a commander its character are usually seen as a powerful man who takes a lot of control over people. In this novel the commander is sympathetic depending who the person is but usually a monster because as a commander you must learn to not tolerate with foolish behavior given by anyone. So if someone is misbehaving you must not have grief and let them go‚ the role of an commander is that you must take control and do what must be done. If you are too nice of a person and feels sympathy all the time
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How would you feel if you were forced into a control society‚ everything stripped from you and forced to have sex in order to survive. In many countries women are penalized just for being women. Women are often treated as objects instead of being treated as human being. In the novel handmaids tale Margaret Atwood depicts the inequality and disrespect that women are forced to suffer through‚ through the use of symbols. In the handmaids tale by Margaret Atwood the citizens of the totalitarians regime
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Throughout human history‚ women have struggled to gain equal footing with men both legally and socially; even today‚ violence toward women is a prevalent issue both society and government work to combat. In Margaret Atwood’s book The Handmaid’s Tale‚ a dystopian society seeks to counteract this violence as well as rampant birth defects with a system that completely strips women of their rights. In the world she has created‚ Atwood explores the theme of how persecution and oppression can be justified
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