Friday, April 17, 2009
The Handmaid's Tale Blog#3
It’s interesting to see how Offred has adapted to the society because she says she’s comfortable with Offlen now. I thought it was weird that the ice cream scoops she described had the names of men. Maybe it was a foreshadowing of what would happen to the women. I didn’t expect Ofglen to reveal herself as a spy, because she seemed very shy and quiet by the way Atwood described her. With Ofglen as her friend, Offred felt hope to find her old friends and relatives. It was an even riskier friendship now because she felt the Eyes were watching her. The Eyes remind me of some secret agents like from the CIA or the FBI. Luckily, they were after a man on the street, not her. It really looks like an oppressive government like a communist government now. The explanation of how the society came to be was interesting because it showed how men were acting as if they were the owners of women. It seemed like there was no love anymore, because power was about property in the beginning of their current society. That’s why she didn’t feel the same way about Luke anymore, after he said everything would be alright.
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That's an interesting thought! What did you think the foreshadowing was? It's true that she wanted to use Ofglen to find her friends and family; I would probably do that too if i were in her shoes. No matter how risky it was, I would have wanted to know where my loved ones are and how they are doing. The Eyes do seem somewhat scary huh? I absolutely agree with your comparison between them and secret agents, except they seem even more powerful. They seem to be the government itself. I will bet that the oppression is really tough to withstand. Imagine being unable to make or hold on to your friends. That's gotta be a difficult life! In their current society, love is absent because everyone's primary goal is just to reproduce and repopulate. Perhaps by taking away women's property rights, the men thought it would be easier to subject them to their control. Talk about male dominance... Even as a guy, I don't think I could ever support that kind of policy, no matter what the circumstances.
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