Handmaid's Tale

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In today’s society, we all are to follow the principles that come with America which is referred to as the bill of rights. In the novel called “A Handmaids Tale” by Margret Atwood , we learn that the principles used in times of the Gilead people completely oppose the rights we have as women today .Some of the most important amendments stated in the bill of rights are opposed in this novel such as the first , fourth, ,sixth, and eight amendment . In the first amendment, it is stated that all people have the Freedom of speech, religion, press, and peaceful assembly. When we first begin to dive into the first few chapters of this book, it is proved that all women don’t have a right to state what they want or how they feel . They are merely viewed as a tool of fertility to carry on those women that cannot bear children. The Gilead also have a wasteland that is referred to as colonies in the book that the government has created for the women that are undesirable and not wanted. This includes the women of an undesirable religion, the women are infertile, as well as the...

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