Journal #3: Topic C

    In her novel The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood hints at what the consequences will be if the world does not embrace the feminist movement. If women continue to be objectified and are not appreciated for their true attributes, then society will mold itself around what women are used for, and women will simply become beings only used for having sex and making sandwiches. I can definitely see Atwood's vision coming true. It is all too realistic for me, to have the government dispatched like it is in the novel, to see all the new "temporary" government's attempt to control/ brainwash people to squelch rebellion. Her portrayal of religion as a tool used to force people into submission is genius, and I really can see a government potentially manipulating religion so it supports the new system. This actually reminds me of Islam... But I'm not going to be racist. :)