The Handmaid's Tale is a 20th Century dystopian novel that focuses on a Handmaid named Offred whose only job in life is to reproduce. This is a very interesting book that uses flashbacks to juxtapose the old imperfect society to the new utopian society. Through out the book, the process of changing the society is given to the reader sporadically and reveals deeper insight to their world and ours. I felt that this book was fairly slow, however, the end is completely worth reading the book for.
~Onyx L.
If you think about it, reproduction is a way of "starting over". If the novel is about changing an imperfect society into a Utopian society, having Offred's character as someone whose main purpose is to reproduce makes sense. It is easier to fill a child's mind with the way things are wanted then to change a person to adapt to how things should be now. Seems interesting, just wish there was more detail.
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The irony of a utopia I believe is portrayed in this novel or in many other dystopian novels. The think about utopian societies particularly this one that you have mentioned is quite intriguing. Although from the outside as a whole the society may look perfect and without flaw but, if observed more closely it would be blatantly obvious that it is not a utopia, rather a society which predestines everyone's futures, most likely resembling a factory.
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