The Handmaid’s Tale is a story written by Margaret Attwood in 1984. The novel projects an idea of what society could be like, but when the show made its debut in early 2017 it painted more of a realistic, unpretty picture. The show shares many succeeded similarities with Attwood’s novel, but the novel and show share many differences. The differences could be how different the characters are, how diverse the races are in the show, and the time. One of the first differences between the novel and the show is the characters. Starting with Offred, in the book, she never revealed her name. Although one can think that her name was June because when she was at the Red Center the soon-to-be handmaids were “[exchanging] their names from bed-to-bed:
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In the novel, Gilead is pretty much racist just as it is sexist. The African-American people were called “the Children of Ham”, the people of color are believed to reside somewhere in the Midwest. Only one person of color is assumed to work in Gilead, and that is Rita and she is a Martha. The show is much more diverse than the novel. This is shown from the first second in the series, we are shown that June/Offred’s husband is African-American. We also know about her daughter which she is biracial. Moira in the series is also African-American. We get more of glimpse of how racially diverse this society is when the have a special ceremony with all the Gilead people. The purpose of the special gathering was to present the new children of Gilead. The children were biracial as somewhere African-American, Asian, and Latinx. But the one thing you did not see was any colored people of high rankings, so far in the show it has only been powerful white men. The diversity shown could also be because the series is a different time. The book was written in 1984, which means the story takes place in the 80s. In the series, things like iPhones and Uber mentioned. There’s a lot more cussing in the series, which is total norm of our society. Social issues that we have now are taken to account in the series. Such as when the women start to lose their rights in society, June and Moira start to protest. When they’re protesting is when
In the novel, Gilead is pretty much racist just as it is sexist. The African-American people were called “the Children of Ham”, the people of color are believed to reside somewhere in the Midwest. Only one person of color is assumed to work in Gilead, and that is Rita and she is a Martha. The show is much more diverse than the novel. This is shown from the first second in the series, we are shown that June/Offred’s husband is African-American. We also know about her daughter which she is biracial. Moira in the series is also African-American. We get more of glimpse of how racially diverse this society is when the have a special ceremony with all the Gilead people. The purpose of the special gathering was to present the new children of Gilead. The children were biracial as somewhere African-American, Asian, and Latinx. But the one thing you did not see was any colored people of high rankings, so far in the show it has only been powerful white men. The diversity shown could also be because the series is a different time. The book was written in 1984, which means the story takes place in the 80s. In the series, things like iPhones and Uber mentioned. There’s a lot more cussing in the series, which is total norm of our society. Social issues that we have now are taken to account in the series. Such as when the women start to lose their rights in society, June and Moira start to protest. When they’re protesting is when