Serena Joy arranges for her to sleep with the chauffeur. She is desperate for a child so, when Offred fails to become pregnant, Knowing about the special attention that the General is giving her, but The General's wife, Serena Joy, is naturally jealous of Offred, even without
Gifts, plays forbidden word games with her and eventually takes her toĪn underground nightclub where officials can treat women as sexual beings. Though sees her as more than simply a surrogate. To bear the children "of Fred", a Gileadan General). The novel tells the story of a handmaiden named Offred (she is intended
Not serve the Republic's purposes, including pornography, homosexuality,Įtc., is banned sex is permitted for reproductive purposes only. Sexuality is completely forbidden, indeed most sexual expression that does Up toxic wastes or are trained as Marthas, household servants. There they are trained as handmaidens, sexual surrogates for Low levels, so the government forces fertile women to go to reeducationĬamps. As a result of exposure to chemicals, nuclear wasteĪnd other pollutants, female fertility rates have fallen to catastrophically Of liberal fear of Ronald Reagan in the early 1980's its concernsĪre too limited, temporary and, ultimately, misguided.Ītwood posits a future Republic of Gilead run by a conservative Christianĭictatorship. On the other hand, Margaret Atwood'sįeminist take on dystopia, while still an interesting and entertaining TheirĮndurance is a result of the eternal and universal theme that each of themĪddresses: the fundamental human conflict between the desire for securityĪnd the aspiration for freedom. Many of the great dystopic novels of this Century-George Orwell's 1984Ĭlockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess ( review),Īyn Rand's Anthem ( review)-are still as timelyĪnd pertinent today as they were on the day they were written.
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