"The Handmaids's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopia about a world where unrealistic

things take place. The events in the novel could never actually take place in our reality." This is

most people views about this novel. However the ideas in the novel are not so far fetch. Although

the exact Gilead society would never happen in real life, it is not to say that certain society of the

past or even the present haven't incorporated some of the Gilead society. This essay will discuss

three examples in real life were the Gilead society was or still is in the world, and prove that some

places in the world then or now, used some of the theories of the Gilead society. First, is in Iran,

and other Arabic Countries, and how the women have no rights of there own. Second, is South

Asian countries that kill babies, because of imperfections or because just of their sex. And third,

during World War 2 when Hitler ran death camps and concentration camps.

In Pakistan, women's rights are non-existent, and many policies are that of Gilead in The

Handmaid's Tale. In Gilead, the handmaids must cover their bodies and faces almost completely

with vales and wings. In Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, a

by the Aunts in turn who get their orders from the men. They are not permitted to read or write,

population going. This is very similar to the Handmaid's Tale because women that were in their

not only go through "The Ceremony", but also can be used and possibly even raped by their

Dowry, reportedly 16 million every year.

such Iran, women are subject to similar laws. Although more recently they have been allowed

This is very similar to South Asian countries. Many babies are killed every day either because of

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