Why Is The Handmaid's Tale A Dystopian Society

In a world where a society oppresses women to feel less than the opposite gender and where men are often given the allusion that they are the superior sex, is destined to become a dystopian society. In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, an imaginary dystopian world is built by extremist religious beliefs. As soon as the revolution in Gilead started and terrorism destroyed the government, bank accounts were drained and women were found jobless. After this, women find all liberties being stripped away from them. One of the most important factors in the book is the appearance of extremism and how women are expected to follow rules without rebelling against it. Atwood uses internal monologue to portray how extremist ideals in Gilead’s society are unjust by having inner thoughts whenever the main character couldn’t speak up about those matters. As a result, this shows that women such as every other citizen are belittled and are often deprived from their rights. …show more content…
If they have the ability to reproduce, they are marked with a tattoo that tracks them down if they run away. Offred hopelessly states “ “I cannot avoid seeing, now, the small tattoo on my ankle. Four digits and an eye, a passport in reverse” (Atwood 65). This demonstrates that women are being controlled to the point where they have to be tracked down in case they try to flee but they are not allowed to say that they are not okay with it because they are now government property, they don’t own themselves any longer. This reveals how they are viewed as government property instead of being viewed as their own person. The government goes to the extent of putting women through a painful procedure in order to keep them trapped in