The Handmaid's Tale: Chapters 1-3

The book immediately dives into a world that is filled with the oppression of women. The first chapter describes a flashback, in which women are confined to a gymnasium, and are not allowed to speak amongst themselves. Twice daily, the women are allowed to take walks, and are guarded by men. The women desperately wish the men would look at them, as they could use their bodies to convince them to help. This world seems completely insane. The thought of it seems very unrealistic. It shows the potential cruelness in human nature. As the story continues, Offred speaks of the present tense, in which she is kept in a small room with very little in it. Women are divided into classes, and they dress accordingly to their class. These circumstances remind me of a situation similar to the keeping of animals. Each class serves a different purpose.

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