The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood

Women are not equal to men. Women will never be equal to men. Women will never be equal to men as long as men continue their systemic oppression against women. There is no argument about its existence. The palpable gap in pay, the predetermined attitudes men have toward women based on appearance, and the laws men seek over women's’ reproductive rights attest to the government-endorsed existence of an imbalance of power. Everything is about power. In one of her best-known works, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood [TONE ADVERB] scrutinizes a supposed America society in which women have all but been made the property of men. Atwood presses the notion of ???????? [TRANSITION INTO THESIS] Power struggles between men and women in our society will

After her meeting with the Commander begin, Offred gains a small amount of power over him. This turns into her wanting more and more and more and more until she makes a deadly mistake. Offred is well aware that the Scrabble games she plays with the Commander are a no-no. Both of them could by hanged for this. It changes their meeting into “something different. Now it's forbidden. Now it's dangerous” (Atwood 138). Writing is a dangerous means of communications for women in Gilead. The ability for a woman to read and write is illegal and punishable by death. Gilead punishes women who can write to quell communication between them. If two individuals or groups of people cannot communicate with one another, rebellious idea cannot spread. Ideas are constrained by word of mouth. Both of them are guilty of this. The government holds power of restriction of literature over women in order to keep them complacent in their roles. As Offred gets used to her sessions with the Commander, she starts acting recklessly. This is summarized when she explains her thought process: “Having broken the main taboo, why should I hesitate over another one? Something minor?”[ASK ABOUT CITATION] (Atwood 157). Offred is power-drunk. She has gotten a little taste of what life on the other side is like. She wants more. She wants out. She is the very thing which the creators of Gilead want to destroy. She is a woman who knows what is up and she is fed up with it. Her small amount of confidence she has, which was given to her by none other than a man, puts the final nail in the coffin. She no longer cares for the rules. She has too much power within herself and has become dangerous for the regime. She has been deluded by the world in which she lives; she puts too much focus on her personal victories and trying to do the next move with Mayday. Offred’s confidence comes to a head, and she seeks an exit. She becomes desperate from an escape from the world