Wednesday, April 27, 2016
What factors and/or situations combined to create your book’s dystopia? Why and how did the society evolve into a dystopia? How could it have been prevented from becoming a dystopia?What message (or warning) do you think the author is trying to send to our current society?
The situation or factor that all together created the book's dystopia is the ultimate value of life. Throughout the beginning of the book it is seen that only certain people are allowed to conceive children. For example, when Offred was shopping she noticed that Janine, her old friend, was pregnant and everyone within the store was jealous of her pregnancy. The job of the handmaids are to specifically only bear children from the commander, whereas the commander's wife or the martha's aren't allowed to give birth. The book also describes how the doctors who previously completed abortions were persecuted and hung on the "wall" for their punishment. It is understood that the reasoning was because of the abortions because each body has a picture of a fetus hanging from their neck. Also, Offred wasn't worried about her husband when she saw all of the hanging bodies because she knew that her husband wasn't a doctor so he wouldn't be able to do that horrid task. I feel as though the fact that lives of all sizes or ages matter through the society and it is seen as a major crime if someone were to take that away. For example, that is why all of the doctors that took away lives were hung and they set aside women to only be allowed to bring life into this world as the only thing that they are allowed to do. The author is trying to send the message that we need should be undervaluing life or taking it for granted.
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Angel yeah while I was ready this book I notice some of the things that you pointed out like the doctors hanging from the wall And how in the book the author say "they are hanged because they are ment to be seen " I feel like their society values life to much that killing a baby like the doctor do is wrong, But one thing that I dont understand just yet is what about the unknown babies I think they are called, do they kill them because those are babies that are deform. And yeah you are right the handmaids job are to give birth to kids, and the Martha's cant because i read somewhere in the book that one of them said that she tied her tube so what they do is train others. I really dont know how this could be prevented rather then stop abortion from happening.
ReplyDeleteAngel yeah while I was ready this book I notice some of the things that you pointed out like the doctors hanging from the wall And how in the book the author say "they are hanged because they are ment to be seen " I feel like their society values life to much that killing a baby like the doctor do is wrong, But one thing that I dont understand just yet is what about the unknown babies I think they are called, do they kill them because those are babies that are deform. And yeah you are right the handmaids job are to give birth to kids, and the Martha's cant because i read somewhere in the book that one of them said that she tied her tube so what they do is train others. I really dont know how this could be prevented rather then stop abortion from happening.
ReplyDeleteAngel yeah while I was ready this book I notice some of the things that you pointed out like the doctors hanging from the wall And how in the book the author say "they are hanged because they are ment to be seen " I feel like their society values life to much that killing a baby like the doctor do is wrong, But one thing that I dont understand just yet is what about the unknown babies I think they are called, do they kill them because those are babies that are deform. And yeah you are right the handmaids job are to give birth to kids, and the Martha's cant because i read somewhere in the book that one of them said that she tied her tube so what they do is train others. I really dont know how this could be prevented rather then stop abortion from happening.
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