A Gileadean Society: Is it Fictitious or Not? As I was reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, I first perceived it as a dystopian narrative about a world where unrealistic things take place. I believed that the events in the novel could never occur in our society. Now that I have completed the novel, I can't help but think about our past and society today, only to compare and reveal the amount of similarities there actually are. The realism that some people have experienced or are experiencing what could be called a Gilead, is frightening in my eyes. The story of The Handmaid's Tale, ...

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... find interesting about the ways that the writer presents rebellion in "The Handmaids Tale"? In "The Handmaids Tale", one of the main themes is rebellion. It is interesting to see how Atwood presents this in the different characters such as Offred, the Commander and Moira. ... One of the ways that Offred rebels is through her silence. This is ironic because societies view of rebellion is often seen as being outspoken and being violent or intimidating. Her rebellion can be seen when she is teasing the guards. Although ... allowed to be sexual in any way but she wants to feel loved and nee...

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