To describe a dystopia we would need to define it as a world that nobody would want to live in; a world where it is unpleasant and fear is the key factor for anyone trying to defy the rules, allowing it to be described as a dystopian society. In the article, “Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and th Dystopian Tradition” written by Amin Malak, explains the traditions between sex versus power. “How power dictates its law to sex” (Malak, pg. 9) relating back to a dystopian society where power controls everyone and sexuality is objective. This article highlights major key points with the comparisons of the dystopian traditions to The Handmaid’s Tale all together. Malak has created an interesting point of view of the novel that is expressed
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The society of dystopias gives “power as the prohibition or perversion of human potential.” (Malak, pg.10) Meanwhile, the dreams versus reality sink in, the thought of dystopias are essentially becoming a reality. The fear that people hold from the Republic of Gilead since they have begun their mission of having a totalitarian society drives fear from the people and causing them to never step out of their comfort zone. Malak has greatly described and understood the impact of a society that can not be changed because of the people who rule and have power. In the article, Malak’s ideas of binary opposition in the novel The Handmaid’s Tale has portrayed the world of an anti-utopia to “dramatize the eternal conflict between individual choice and social necessity” (Malak, pg.10) to give the reader a thought of which is more important, your choice or what society has chosen for you. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred had choices to make, whether to trust her commander or not and her choice had lead us to Malak’s fourth point of characterization that leads us further into the dystopian society. Malak describes the characterization none …show more content…
The Handmaid’s Tale explains a theory of dystopias that are “quintessentially ideological” (Malak, pg.11) and engage the reader with possibilities in the future. The theory of The Handmaid’s Tale can be seen as “a definite philosophical and socio-political outlook for which fiction proves to be a convenient medium.” (Malak, pg.11) making the novel an interesting read with knowledge of how the present could render the future. A dystopian society is what created The Handmaid’s Tale, composing it to be a society that is ruled by a certain sex and giving that sex a power to rule. In discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale, Amin Malak has established that the novel is in fact a topic of as dystopia that relates to sex and power. Malak has also recognized that this classic novel has also a feminine focus that is broadly viewed by the main character, Offred. In the article, Malak has considered that the novel is well evolved and exemplifies “a society dying…of too much choice” (The Handmaid’s Tale, pg.35) illustrating that a totalitarian future for the people of the Republic of Gilead forbids the right of choice. With the major point of dystopias, The Handmaid’s Tale is an example of a novel with both feminism
The society of dystopias gives “power as the prohibition or perversion of human potential.” (Malak, pg.10) Meanwhile, the dreams versus reality sink in, the thought of dystopias are essentially becoming a reality. The fear that people hold from the Republic of Gilead since they have begun their mission of having a totalitarian society drives fear from the people and causing them to never step out of their comfort zone. Malak has greatly described and understood the impact of a society that can not be changed because of the people who rule and have power. In the article, Malak’s ideas of binary opposition in the novel The Handmaid’s Tale has portrayed the world of an anti-utopia to “dramatize the eternal conflict between individual choice and social necessity” (Malak, pg.10) to give the reader a thought of which is more important, your choice or what society has chosen for you. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred had choices to make, whether to trust her commander or not and her choice had lead us to Malak’s fourth point of characterization that leads us further into the dystopian society. Malak describes the characterization none …show more content…
The Handmaid’s Tale explains a theory of dystopias that are “quintessentially ideological” (Malak, pg.11) and engage the reader with possibilities in the future. The theory of The Handmaid’s Tale can be seen as “a definite philosophical and socio-political outlook for which fiction proves to be a convenient medium.” (Malak, pg.11) making the novel an interesting read with knowledge of how the present could render the future. A dystopian society is what created The Handmaid’s Tale, composing it to be a society that is ruled by a certain sex and giving that sex a power to rule. In discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale, Amin Malak has established that the novel is in fact a topic of as dystopia that relates to sex and power. Malak has also recognized that this classic novel has also a feminine focus that is broadly viewed by the main character, Offred. In the article, Malak has considered that the novel is well evolved and exemplifies “a society dying…of too much choice” (The Handmaid’s Tale, pg.35) illustrating that a totalitarian future for the people of the Republic of Gilead forbids the right of choice. With the major point of dystopias, The Handmaid’s Tale is an example of a novel with both feminism