Handmaids Tale- Topic C
Although Atwood's tale consists of some truth due to the fact that a dictatorial government is completely possible, I don't believe that it will ever be able to reach this level. Human nature does not permit itself this level of submission, there would be too many uprisings. However, the idea of the government attempting to take this kind of control after a national crisis is believable. This is made more believable by the submissive behaviour portrayed by all the women within the book and anyone of lower status.
The hope that Atwood gives the characters within this novel is that children will someday be able to liberate all the subservient characters. However, Atwoods true message seems to be that with or without resistance, we will come to an end like this eventually. She expresses this through the description of Offred and her Mothers small rebellions.
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