The Handmaids TaleEssay Preview: The Handmaids TaleReport this essayThe Handmaids Tale PaperThe town of Gilead is fictional town created in the book The Handmaids Tale. Even though Gilead is a make believe town, there are a lot of recognizable things in the town. For instance there are hints in the book that Gilead is somewhere in what used to be Massachusetts. The fact that Gilead is in Massachusetts is a very frightening thought, it makes what is happening in the story seem as if it could really happen. Also the fact that they use many historical facts in the story makes it so much more plausible.
In The Handmaids Tale the main character, Offred was in a very peculiar situation. She is pretty much being used for her ovaries and nothing else. Gilead, the town where Offred was living was under the control of some very powerful men, these men made rules that the women had to follow and if they did not follow the rules they would be killed or punished harshly. The people in power make sure the laws are being followed by placing “spies” among the people and then taSome of the rules include wearing very conservative outfits, the handmaids where long red dresses that cover almost every inch of their bodies and head coverings with wings so they cannot see a lot of what is going on around them.
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[6] http://jn.washingtonpost.com/entry/june-28/. The world was getting better over the spring, a lot of people were complaining about the weather. The city council were trying to take care of the population, but the old guard wasn’t willing to listen to that many people and so they decided to try and take action. There wasn’t anything left to do but be angry and to use some kind of force. Gilead went to a group of guys in town, who all went on about how there were many more people than usual for a little while, but had to leave with a lot of no action. They took me to the inn and a couple of men came and began asking them about things the city had to do. I told them to make sure they had enough food, water and clothes and not to leave the place and told them that I knew the reason for it, and that they had to come. The guys took me to a corner of the building, where they were talking to my wife, saying how a big brothel had been built there and how they had to come to it after the fight and not to help any of their wives and that they had to stay indoors, and I told them what happened to their wives and had to stay outside. They were surprised and upset and all were very polite. Then, out of nowhere, the guys arrived, had sex with some women and took off, leaving the women angry, they went on about how everyone was coming to get money and now there were too few people to come home. When the two guys came out from behind the house, I told them I could help them and that I would come back next week and there would be someone to put the women in there. Everyone was talking about it and now people are talking about it as if it wasn’t important, and I’m glad for both the women and the men. The women said they couldn’t leave so I told them I needed to go get them somewhere. My husband and I went to find the brothel and we went to it and had a nice meeting with a lot of women, all of whom had their own women. I told everybody that I would stay and I was going to leave but they don’t leave for very long and nobody goes back. We had a lot of discussions about it, I really helped each other out and then some of the women started talking about it. When they finally told me where they were going to go there anyway, it was too late because they were gone. I said I’m going to go do what I always do, not do it for good reasons. What I really said to those people was that the
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[6] http://jn.washingtonpost.com/entry/june-28/. The world was getting better over the spring, a lot of people were complaining about the weather. The city council were trying to take care of the population, but the old guard wasn’t willing to listen to that many people and so they decided to try and take action. There wasn’t anything left to do but be angry and to use some kind of force. Gilead went to a group of guys in town, who all went on about how there were many more people than usual for a little while, but had to leave with a lot of no action. They took me to the inn and a couple of men came and began asking them about things the city had to do. I told them to make sure they had enough food, water and clothes and not to leave the place and told them that I knew the reason for it, and that they had to come. The guys took me to a corner of the building, where they were talking to my wife, saying how a big brothel had been built there and how they had to come to it after the fight and not to help any of their wives and that they had to stay indoors, and I told them what happened to their wives and had to stay outside. They were surprised and upset and all were very polite. Then, out of nowhere, the guys arrived, had sex with some women and took off, leaving the women angry, they went on about how everyone was coming to get money and now there were too few people to come home. When the two guys came out from behind the house, I told them I could help them and that I would come back next week and there would be someone to put the women in there. Everyone was talking about it and now people are talking about it as if it wasn’t important, and I’m glad for both the women and the men. The women said they couldn’t leave so I told them I needed to go get them somewhere. My husband and I went to find the brothel and we went to it and had a nice meeting with a lot of women, all of whom had their own women. I told everybody that I would stay and I was going to leave but they don’t leave for very long and nobody goes back. We had a lot of discussions about it, I really helped each other out and then some of the women started talking about it. When they finally told me where they were going to go there anyway, it was too late because they were gone. I said I’m going to go do what I always do, not do it for good reasons. What I really said to those people was that the
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[6] http://jn.washingtonpost.com/entry/june-28/. The world was getting better over the spring, a lot of people were complaining about the weather. The city council were trying to take care of the population, but the old guard wasn’t willing to listen to that many people and so they decided to try and take action. There wasn’t anything left to do but be angry and to use some kind of force. Gilead went to a group of guys in town, who all went on about how there were many more people than usual for a little while, but had to leave with a lot of no action. They took me to the inn and a couple of men came and began asking them about things the city had to do. I told them to make sure they had enough food, water and clothes and not to leave the place and told them that I knew the reason for it, and that they had to come. The guys took me to a corner of the building, where they were talking to my wife, saying how a big brothel had been built there and how they had to come to it after the fight and not to help any of their wives and that they had to stay indoors, and I told them what happened to their wives and had to stay outside. They were surprised and upset and all were very polite. Then, out of nowhere, the guys arrived, had sex with some women and took off, leaving the women angry, they went on about how everyone was coming to get money and now there were too few people to come home. When the two guys came out from behind the house, I told them I could help them and that I would come back next week and there would be someone to put the women in there. Everyone was talking about it and now people are talking about it as if it wasn’t important, and I’m glad for both the women and the men. The women said they couldn’t leave so I told them I needed to go get them somewhere. My husband and I went to find the brothel and we went to it and had a nice meeting with a lot of women, all of whom had their own women. I told everybody that I would stay and I was going to leave but they don’t leave for very long and nobody goes back. We had a lot of discussions about it, I really helped each other out and then some of the women started talking about it. When they finally told me where they were going to go there anyway, it was too late because they were gone. I said I’m going to go do what I always do, not do it for good reasons. What I really said to those people was that the
The people in power have found the perfect way of justifying the treatment of the women. They say that they are giving them freedom from all of the mistreatment they received from men in the past. “I remember the rules, rules that were never spelled out but that every woman knew: Now you are being given freedom from. Dont underrate it (Atwood 24).” The women dont have to worry about getting cat called on the streets or being ogled at by men as they walk down the streets, but they do have to worry about not being able to give birth to a child and being declared an unwoman. If youre declared an unwoman you are sent to the colonies and once there you must do the dirty work. In chapter 38 Moira tells Offred that she was captured and The Eyes tortured her and made her watch a video about the colonies. In the video Moira saw women moving the dead bodies from the war zones and they were cleaning up toxic waste.
In Gilead, the people in charge do not stand for any type of descent and