"We are for reproducing purposes. There should be nothing stimulating about us; no room is to be allowed for the blossoming of mystery …show more content…
The things that were perceived as acceptable are now rejected. These advancements were not all negative however the greater part of them could have managed without. Margret Atwood symbolizes that mankind has a nature to develop, whether that advancement is for the strengthening or destruction of the general public is unclear until the outcome happens. As offred says
"I used to think about my body as an instrument, of delight, or a method for transportation, or an execute for the achievement of my will...There were breaking points, yet my body was in any case flexible, single, robust, one with me...Now the substance organizes itself in an unexpected way. I 'm a cloud, solidified around a focal article, the state of a pear, which is hard and more genuine than I am and gleams red inside its translucent wrapping (Atwood …show more content…
This put the ladies of Gilead in an extremely insecure position. They were excessively protected and mistreated in light of the fact that their significance was important to the society. They were not people, they were only vessels that were disliked, utilized and afterward tossed. Their names are replaced with the names of those they work for, an activity that was used the same for African slaves brought to America. These ladies have been dehumanized and set under the authority of men who utilize a distorted understanding of the Bible as their reasoning