Friday, November 13, 2009
There are many factors in the republic of Gilead that I find disturbing. Pretty much every aspect of this future society is a nightmare to anyone who can imagine it. It is a society in which almost all human rights have been obliterated and people are now viewed and treated as objects; mainly women. It is a terrifying idea for most of us having our freedom confiscated and having to abide by a society that is so corrupt yet more or less is accepted, because there are no options. A society where women are basically subject to mandatory sex and it isn’t illegal is pretty bad… The frieghtening part is, if this catrastrophy were to happen, who knows how we would react. The idea is scary because when we are subject to chaos and major global tragedies, the majority is left with a decisions made by the government. When fear is embedded in everyone’s thoughts it is easy to control a defensless population that are in need of living necessities. That’s what frieghtens me about this book.
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Cyrus,
ReplyDeleteThough his post seems a good deal briefer than most of those around it, you nonetheless make a good point when you (begin to) ask how we might respond in the face of a similar 'take over' triggered by global disaster and subsequent unrest. I agree with you that one of the most frightening things about the novel is how Atwood makes it seems as if this sort of future could be quite possible--precisely because we'd allow it to happen.