The Handmaids's Tale by Margaret Atwood

A detailed Summary of The Handmaids's Tale by Margaret Atwood

"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, A

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

Treachery ... "(Atwood 41). In WWII, Hiltler ordered all homosexuals to die. They weren't even

fghanistan, and similar South Asian countries, this is a

girl' with Unbaby, and it could be an exact account from a Handmaid in Gilead, at the loss of her

Commanders, and there is nothing the handmaid can do about it. If she speaks, she is usually not

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

Wall. For example in the novel when Offred remarks "There are three new bodies on the wall..

family's are so poor they do not want to pay for the girl's dowry, and wants a boy to get a

may have many women, which belong to them. They must obey their husbands, or the husband

Approximate Word count = 1227
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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