Blog post 4/24 handmaids

In Handmaid’s Tale why does Offred value love so much? A quote from Offred states “ a person don’t die from a lack of sex but a lack of love.” Did her lust for something missing finally force her to possess a desire for nick? How come when the commander started to display kindness and affection, Offered became more discourage and confused? Judging from Offred’s desire for nick, leads to the question does Offred value her pass marriage with Luke? The narrator always mentions how she has missed her daughter and the company Luke but she don’t mention any great desire to find them. The family of Offred maybe dead as a speculation, but there is a chance they are still alive, if a friend like Moria could have survived , the possibility of Luke and her daughter might be still alive. What will happened if a scenario in which her family did find her? Will she still stay with nick or go back to her family? In addition will her family still accept her after what she have done?

blog post 4/21 handmaid

A commander should be a figure head in the Gilead. Why would they do such illegal acts, like trading in the black market, obtaining illegal items like women’s magazines, and sneaking people out to party with them? What would happen if lower members of the society find out what they are doing? Would the society destabilize? Commanders should be towering figure heads and role models that display their actions with their rules. Why would commanders even bother imposing these rules if they themselves don’t follow them? Do the commanders just like to abuse their power and keep the misery of people high? One example is that even the other males in the Gilead don’t have much power or happiness. These men are called guardians, they don’t have the right to reproduce or have a choice to form partnerships. Do the commanders do illegal actions to establish or remember a pre-Gilead dream? Like for example, the commander that controls Offred has an obsession with playing scrabble, and every time that the narrator plays with him, the commander always seemed to take pleasure just playing a game.

Blog post 4/13 Handmaid's Tale

In Handmaid’s Tale the community in which the main character lives in seems to be communistic. The society takes place in what seems like a futuristic scenario of America after an effect of conflicts. From the narrator known as Offred, the society seems to be suffering from the degradation in what has been a democratic society, where women had rights and power. The society seems to be ruled by government power, and that people don’t have room for individuality. Soldiers known as guardians watch every move in the community, in addition the government also has a separate division known as “the eye” which is designed to pick up and dispose citizens that are not following the guide lines. Also as a handmaid, the narrator was passed along like property among the commanders. During a brief walk in the community a scene that portraits a communistic society was displayed, the narrator show us that even food are rationed and that people needs tickets to get their grocery. Offred also made a comment “not even the commanders have meat everyday” which shows that the community has yet to recover from its devastation.

Blog Post 4/1

The concept of gender relationship in “When it change” is completely different from Le Guins “Left Hand of Darkness”. In “when it change”, the society display a separation in gender, while in “Left Hand of Darkness”, the society accepts the kemmering cycle in which both forms of gender are accepted and treated as a natural process. However the world in “when it change” is a society compose of female domination and that the males are treated as unwelcome aliens. Even with all of the differences both society have things in common, the futuristic time span display how each society have advance and adapted in their own way. In addition the ideas of space travel and that one group of individuals displaying technological dominance are shown in both writings. Another noticeable difference is that the females of “when it change” seem more aggressive and they focus that aggression on their male counter parts. An example is when the female Kathy took a stand against the males proposals and attempted to shoot them down.