Question

After you have read The Handmaid’s Tale, how far or how close to Gilead is our American Culture? How does Atwood’s work pressure the reader to examine aspects of women’s issues that exist now? What is frustrating or offensive about the novel?

Answer 1

Gilead is not far from American culture because it shows how much both cultures oppress women's rights.

Based on this, we can answer the other questions as follows:

• Atwood's work shows how the protection of rights is fragile and can easily be forgotten so that one social class is elevated while another is subjugated.
• The book becomes frustrating for showing how influential people are and the book becomes offensive for showing that the institutions that should take care of the most fragile people are corruptible.

What is "The Handmaid's Tale" about?

"The Handmaid's Tale" shows a society where political structures have been corrupted and an authoritarian system, based on religious fanaticism, has taken over. This system changed the entire social constitution and became an extremely oppressive place for social minorities, especially women.

The author, Atwood, shows how fragile society today is and how political and religious constitutions are highly corruptible. This is exposed in a very recognizable way, as we can see these weaknesses in American culture today.

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