The Handmaid's Tale 16

"He doesn't mind this, I thought. He doesn't mind it at all. Maybe he even likes it. We are not each other's, anymore. Instead, I am his." (182)

Atwood's alternate reality seems harsh and utterly unbelievable, but the thing that is the most unbelievable is the fact that aspects of this society are actually occurring in the world to this day. In places like Afghanistan and Iraq are still threatened just by going outside, and many women are illiterate. This makes it almost impossible to get a job, and to actually live a normal self-sufficient life. This also means that women cannot send their daughters to school for fear of rape or abduction. Domestic abuse is so common in those areas, reinforcing the idea that women are treated as property and can have no possessions.

Works Cited:
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/326354

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