Resolving the Dystopia

In The Handmaid’s Tale, the dystopia, also known as the Republic of Gilead, was created when women began to be treated wrong. They were being violated in multiple ways and when the pollution and chemical spills became too much, woman began to not be able to have children. During this whole time Gilead was slowly gaining power and when all of the pollution and chemical spills over whelmed the people, they completely took over. The central problem in The Handmaid’s Tale is how women are treated. They have no rights and their freedom was restricted. In Gilead, being a women means doing the job that was assigned to you or dying. Over all, no one is truly allowed to have emotions. In the book, the Commander says it himself, it is better to get married by arrangement rather than love. Emotions like love are not allowed to be felt because Gilead thinks it’s a waste of time and will only bring trouble to their control. A way that the dystopia could be solved is the “rebel” group known as Mayday. There are also other colonies that do not follow how Gilead governs, but it is very difficult for the people to get passed the boards and not get caught by the Eyes. The Maydays seem to be the only ones who have the guts to fight back. In the end of the book, I can assume that Nick arranges for the Maydays to take Offred out of Gilead by disguising themselves as the Eyes. If more people had the guts to smuggle others out of Gilead, Gilead would have less people to govern overtime. Though fighting may be a last resources for most, it seems like the only way out for the people of Gilead who don’t want to live that way anymore. The Maydays need to bring the old ways back. Make it so that women have their rights and freedom. Make it so that everyone can feel love and other emotions and not be punished for it.