Essay On Handmaid's Tale

The People Will Find A Way Margaret Atwood’s, A Handmaid’s Tale, is a book of failed feminism, Marxist governments, questionable values, and forced religious beliefs. This classic tale is about an average handmaid in the world of Gilead where handmaids are the most important people in the society. And how are the most important group of citizens treated in a world that desperately requires their services? Like slaves; not allowed to read, not allowed to socialize amongst themselves or with the general public, and certainly not allowed to fall in love with whom they choose to do so. But against this society’s attempts at complete and utter control over these women, they find a way to not only communicate, but organize themselves into a legitimate

The Wife’s main law breaking activity was suggesting the use of Nick in the first place, to hide the fact that her husband could potentially be infertile. Then there are the various handmaids, marthas, and aunts who communicate and recruit for the secret group of rebels. One of the biggest discretion surprises is the Commander. The Commander socializes with Offred when he isn’t suppose to, gifting her with items such as illegal magazines, hand lotion, books, etc., regularly attends a secret sex club (where he even dares to bring Offred with him, stealing a horrid outfit as well as his wife’s jacket to smuggle her outside of the compound), and has sex with Offred outside of their allowed restrictions. Although Offred breaks minor rules at the beginning of the novel, her bigger breakages happen after the Commander allows a sense of familiarity with both himself and deviating from Gilead’s way of life. Once Offred becomes comfortable, it’s a very slippery slope that starts with secret meetings, which lead to backtalk and requested favors, and ultimately leads to the sex club and getting caught. It could be said that the discretions of others led to Offred’s failure as a