When people are forced to conform to a dystopian society, they have options on how they can deal with it. The can grieve and mope, and practically kill themselves emotionally. They also have the option to accept their new life. A person can realize that life now as how it is going to remain, and the past is just the past.
No matter what, the person is constantly haunted by memories from their previous life. In The Handmaid's Tale, the main character says she randomly gets flashes of memories from the past. She says they are like dreams and if she does not know if what she imagines is true.However, she is astonished at the way she used to live because her life now seems normal, and her past seems unreal. She feels as if she is a new person, and I believe she is because her life was completely turned around. I believe in order to 'survive,' you must adapt to the new lifestyle and the people are forced to make that choice. This can be applied to real life as well. Our society today is different that what was in the past. Change is always occurring, whether good or bad. We must choose to adjust to it or we will be constantly unhappy in our lives, just like in dystopian societies. What you believe in may change, also. Just because you did not agree with an idea before, you may change your mind based on the society you live in.
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