The Handmaid's Tale: A Summary

The manager raised his voice and ordered her to leave, before they called the cops. Fancy noticed up close she didn’t look like an elderly woman, but reminded her of her mother, whom she hadn’t thought about for years, felt sympathy toward her and invited her to dinner. After listening to her story, Fancy wanted to help her, after dinner, she got her a room for the night. The next morning, she spoke with the hotel manager about him hiring her. Which he did against his better judgement. After giving her sufficient funds to take care of herself for several months, Fancy said goodbye and promised to see her soon.

Parents typically don’t want their children reading in depth books about sex; however, The Handmaid’s Tale offers great fictional examples that teach sexism and the mistreatment of women, yet these examples can lead some in the wrong way. Therefore depending on the view in society, The Handmaid’s tale should be banned or kept to certain areas of the world because of the unfair treatment of women.

She has no friends and no one takes the time to listen to her. As the only woman on the ranch she has nobody to turn to. Curley doesn’t appreciate her or take the time to talk to her. When she goes to Crook’s stable her emotions overtake her and she admits her loneliness, “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in awhile? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (77) She is always stuck in the house either alone or with Curley. Curley just ignores her and doesn't give her the attention that she wants. So she finds it from other men. As the only woman she has only the workers for company. She is isolated and all alone. She only gets attention when she flirts with the men, nobody appreciates her for anything else. They all know she’s unfaithful and flirty, so when alone with her they take advantage of her. The men on the ranch only give her attention if it is to flirt with her,“”If I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together an’ you won’t talk...Ever’ one of you’s scared the rest is goin’ to get something on you.”” (77) The guys on the ranch only pay attention to her when they are alone with her. So they can mess around with her without the other workers knowing. They especially don’t want Curley to find out. It’s hard for Curley’s wife to feel at home on the ranch when no one wants to be her friend.

While sitting in a restaurant, she glances at two waiters, “One was young and handsome in a mountainous Bosnian way…The other waiter was older and gentler…” (para. 38) and decides at that moment to leave. What in that glance caused her to make such a life altering decisions? One can only surmise her thoughts, however, I believe she saw with clarity the difference in the two waiters and what they represented and she translated this to her relationship and saw the difference between her and Professor Piper.

She had been warned that prisoners often tried to con visitors. He appeared to realize this, subsequently telling her, “I am just a simple man. Nothing else. And to most other people a convicted killer looking for someone to manipulate.”

Flashbacks give us insight into Offred’s life before Gilead. Offred was born around thirty years before the creation of the Republic of Gilead toa strong opinionated feminist who had a one night stand with Offred's father with the sole purpose of getting pregnant. Offred's mother raised her alone and tried to bring up her daughter with her own values: that women were oppressed and needed to fight for their rights, but without much success; Offred herself states that she took much of her personal freedom for granted in the life she lead prior to Gilead's creation.Offred attended college along with her childhood friend Moira and started working in an office. Soon Offred met and fell in love with a married man named Luke. They started having an

In this review from Mary McCarthy she explains surprised recognition of seeing a distorting mirror of how society will play out if we continue with current trends much like ''Nineteen Eighty-Four,'' ''Brave New World'' and, ''A Clockwork Orange.'' However did not see this effect in Margaret Atwood's Novel “A Handmaid’s Tale.” McCarthy states” It is an effect, for me, almost strikingly missing from Margaret Atwood's very readable book.” Shen then goes on to summarize the book dumbing it down for readers who may not have read it explaining the separate sectors, of wives, breeders, servants and so forth, each clothed in the appropriate uniform. Explaining each character and their role in this dystopia. McCarthy makes clear that this novel is

A Critical Analysis of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” In this dystopia novel, it reveals a remarkable new world called Gilead. “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood, explores all these themes about women who are being subjugated to misogyny to a patriarchal society and had many means by which women tried to gain not only their individualism and their own independence. Her purpose of writing this novel is to warn of the price of an overly zealous religious philosophy, one that places women in such a submissive role in the family. I believe there are also statements about class in there, since the poor woman are being meant to serve the rich families need for a child. As the novel goes along the narrator Offred is going between the past and

Once upon a time there was a magnificent prince that lived among a small village. This small village was definitely not a place for a royal prince like himself, but he was a humble prince. This was a one of a kind prince he was noble, caring, sweet, compassionate, loyal, and not to mention extremely attractive. No one new he was of such royalty in this little village because everyone was so self centered they didn’t pay any special attention to him. Even though this prince was of such great royalty he was still content with living in a small village.

Ages ago, when the giants were numerous on the earth, there lived a big fellow named Antigonus. That was not what his mother had called him, but some one told him of a Greek general of that name; so he took this for his own. He was rough and cruel. His castle was on the Scheldt River, where the city of Antwerp now stands. Many ships sailed out of France and Holland, down this stream. They were loaded with timber, flax, iron, cheese, fish, bread, linen, and other things made in the country. It was by this trade that many merchants grew rich, and their children had plenty of toys to play with. The river was very grand, deep, and wide. The captains of the ships liked to sail on it, because there was no danger from rocks, and the country through which it flowed was so pretty.

The Handmaid’s Tale was published in 1986 by Margaret Atwood. Known as a dystopian novel, I’m given insight to a warped United States, which is now the Republic of Gilead. The narrator Offred reminisced of the “president being shot and congress being machine-gunned” (Atwood 206). Gilead has decided to take action due to the structure of the states and the dramatic decrease in Caucasian birthrates. Gilead has created a government, new life style, and vocabulary, for residents. The most drastic change would be that women no longer have rights. No longer able to read, write, work, or decide day to day activities. Men were positioned

Alexia stayed home everyday tending to the house and sewing clothes for her family. She sewed so many clothes that she could fill her house with them in no time. Her crocheting needles and her sewing needles were made out of solid gold and the gold would rub off and make the clothes spectacular. When her husband came home one day. He saw the garments coming out the windows, out the door and coming out of the chimney. He fought his way through blouses, suits, pajamas, skirts and pants. When he found his wife, he told her that she would have to sell her clothes at the market and the family would make do with what ever she had left. The next day she took all of the clothes down to the market place to sell them and while she was there she would sew more clothes to

As Ben searched the woods with his flashlight and wooden pocket-knife, He remembered his last encounter with the Magic Shanker. He was 12 years old. It was dark and stormy, and the wind was howling. While on his way through the woods, he saw a yellow object about 15 meters away. Ben walked closer and he noticed more details. It had orange arms, and a pencil in its hands. Ben was now 5 feet away from it. “Who are you,” Ben asked. The yellow creature slowly turned around. It had three eyes, a curly mustache, and a short pointy beard. Suddenly, the creature stabbed Ben in the arm with the pencil it was holding. The stab launched Ben 10 feet away. With blood covering his arm, and the creature running towards him, Ben ran as fast as he could. He

Both Aerith and Tifa had lived in the slums for a time, but Tifa had lived in one of the 'better ' parts while Aerith had lived far worse off. Tifa had heard of the Honey Bee Inn and the occasional rumor about the sorts of girls that ended up there, but Aerith had heard of Don Corneo, heard stories of what the place did to women. Unlike the drunks that talked in that bar, Aerith had known some of the women who 'd gone in, and when she 'd seen them again (if that moment ever came to pass, some she 'd simply never seen) they 'd been unrecognizable. Not just make-up or outfits but entire personalities seemed to change, some more than others, but all in the same direction of loving their work and somehow the Don who 'd brought them in.

Frank’s eyes were wide and straining, searching for point of familiarity, something he could recognize that would allow him to make sense of this place and these people, but he could find nothing. The women were complete strangers to him, the place was unknown and he could not remember anything before waking here, now, but clearly he had been here for some time, eating and drinking, and this group of friends thought it appropriate. Then Frank did something that drew the heart from him.