Handmaid's Tale
The novels 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale touch many disturbing aspects about the denial of a person's natural rights. In today's society people are granted certain rights which the government or anyone else can not take away. These rights are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In both novel, the government which the people live under has taken away all of the rights of people, including natural rights. The right to life has been taken away in the sense that a persons life is the party. A person is born for the party, works for the party, and dies for the party. Liberty is taken away by not allowing the privacy of thought or action. To coin the phrase "Big Brother is watching you" . The right of a person pursuing happiness is unquestionably taken away because all forms of pleasure (games, sex, laughter) are illegal. The government promotes hate and unhappiness.The life of a person living in Oceania and Gilead is strictly controlled. A person does not choose what they do for a living, or whom they associate with. The party is the center of everybody's life. “ Until they become canscious they will never rebel, and untill after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious” The only reason anyone marries or
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Approximate Word count = 1565
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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