The Handmaid's Tale, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 403
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Date: 2022-04-04
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webguyz1
1984 was written by a libertarian and Handmaid Tail was by a liberal. And yet few seem to notice the number of successful dystopian novels written by conservative moms with kids or dads for that matter--therefore this group has absolutely no voice of their own. Likewise, the dystopias they imagine have no place in our culture. In other words, most media, written, visual, etc. is liberal and cannot reflect the real ideas of the suppressed, the poor, the family trying to put food on the table for their kids.
Marx said in The German Ideology, he says -[t]he ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i. e, the class which is the ruling material force of society, is, at the same time, its ruling intellectual force. -
Well, who is the ruling force in the world today? Education, entertainment, information (news, business, and politics. Three of these are represented by primarily liberal viewpoints, precisely because they are associated with wealth, urbanness, and the complete removal or abstraction from personal, the family, and the community life--very opposite from generations past. I am not sure which dystopia will play out in the future, but a wide variety is possible (e. g. far left, far right, or both.
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1984 was written by a libertarian and Handmaid Tail was by a liberal. And yet few seem to notice the number of successful dystopian novels written by conservative moms with kids or dads for that matter--therefore this group has absolutely no voice of their own. Likewise, the dystopias they imagine have no place in our culture. In other words, most media, written, visual, etc. is liberal and cannot reflect the real ideas of the suppressed, the poor, the family trying to put food on the table for their kids.
Marx said in The German Ideology, he says -[t]he ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i. e, the class which is the ruling material force of society, is, at the same time, its ruling intellectual force. -
Well, who is the ruling force in the world today? Education, entertainment, information (news, business, and politics. Three of these are represented by primarily liberal viewpoints, precisely because they are associated with wealth, urbanness, and the complete removal or abstraction from personal, the family, and the community life--very opposite from generations past. I am not sure which dystopia will play out in the future, but a wide variety is possible (e. g. far left, far right, or both.
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Neyjina
I haven-t read the book (yet, I-ve only watched the series and even in that interpretation I was blown away with how real everything felt. Especially the characters. Nobody is just black or just white. They-re all different shades of gray, colorshifting, as the story evolves. I am totally into Serena, you utterly despise her for her actions, but at the same time, you understand her. The only thing she ever wanted, the only fulfillment in her life is a child. She has to depend on a woman she hates, she is filled with envy, she wants nothing more than her being gone, she is so torn between her hate for Offred and her hope for the ultimate fulfillment. She is a victim too.
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I haven-t read the book (yet, I-ve only watched the series and even in that interpretation I was blown away with how real everything felt. Especially the characters. Nobody is just black or just white. They-re all different shades of gray, colorshifting, as the story evolves. I am totally into Serena, you utterly despise her for her actions, but at the same time, you understand her. The only thing she ever wanted, the only fulfillment in her life is a child. She has to depend on a woman she hates, she is filled with envy, she wants nothing more than her being gone, she is so torn between her hate for Offred and her hope for the ultimate fulfillment. She is a victim too.
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Colin
Margaret Atwood is the scion of the Ottawa upper middleclass elite who attached herself to Canada's burgeoning Women's Rights movement of the 70's. Having no lived experience of the struggle of working class women, she manufactures one for the much celebrated Handmaid's Tale. She could have examined the lives of immigrant women brought to Canada under the West Indian Domestic Scheme(1955) many of whom settled in Ottawa. These women performed domestic work that allowed the wives of families like Atwood to pursue employment.
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Margaret Atwood is the scion of the Ottawa upper middleclass elite who attached herself to Canada's burgeoning Women's Rights movement of the 70's. Having no lived experience of the struggle of working class women, she manufactures one for the much celebrated Handmaid's Tale. She could have examined the lives of immigrant women brought to Canada under the West Indian Domestic Scheme(1955) many of whom settled in Ottawa. These women performed domestic work that allowed the wives of families like Atwood to pursue employment.
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English
I love your book, even though the anxiety i deal with isn't the same, it's similar. Ava captured me from her first words and had me on an emotional roller coaster and i relate with her mentally most of all. I get her way of thinking and how the things she was going through doesn't go away like magic. It's a real issue that will always be there, but can be lessened, snd this gave me hope during my first year in college. I love this book so much-
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I love your book, even though the anxiety i deal with isn't the same, it's similar. Ava captured me from her first words and had me on an emotional roller coaster and i relate with her mentally most of all. I get her way of thinking and how the things she was going through doesn't go away like magic. It's a real issue that will always be there, but can be lessened, snd this gave me hope during my first year in college. I love this book so much-
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smartpig555119
If we consider as well the origins of -speculative- it provides us with an insight into how clever Atwoods self titled genre is; specifically in the case of The Handmaid's Tale. -Speculum-, can refer to an instrument used to dialate a canal or orifice; a highly polished or reflective surface or can describe the colourful plummage of exotic or domestic birds. Atwood's a genius in layering meaning.
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If we consider as well the origins of -speculative- it provides us with an insight into how clever Atwoods self titled genre is; specifically in the case of The Handmaid's Tale. -Speculum-, can refer to an instrument used to dialate a canal or orifice; a highly polished or reflective surface or can describe the colourful plummage of exotic or domestic birds. Atwood's a genius in layering meaning.
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SirMentalgen
Ok I will admit that the Handmaids Tale is a good read, but I don-t buy the theory that it might become reality. Reason: in theory, the main government is not only, in a sense, enslaving a huge chunk of 40%+ of the population, but they enslaved the infertile, people of other religions, and the spouses and children of the remarried as well. That is just begging for a revolution.
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Ok I will admit that the Handmaids Tale is a good read, but I don-t buy the theory that it might become reality. Reason: in theory, the main government is not only, in a sense, enslaving a huge chunk of 40%+ of the population, but they enslaved the infertile, people of other religions, and the spouses and children of the remarried as well. That is just begging for a revolution.
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basia
if you call WAITING for 2-3 months to see a FAMILY doctor in Canada BETTER HEALTH care in comparison to USA then I think you are a BLIND man. or brainless as I can't call you brainwashed. just saying and I am not even mentioning the amount of MONEY that is DEDUCTED EACH MONTH from your PAYCHECK (at least 50% - and we do know it is MUCH MORE. can you be HONEST?
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if you call WAITING for 2-3 months to see a FAMILY doctor in Canada BETTER HEALTH care in comparison to USA then I think you are a BLIND man. or brainless as I can't call you brainwashed. just saying and I am not even mentioning the amount of MONEY that is DEDUCTED EACH MONTH from your PAYCHECK (at least 50% - and we do know it is MUCH MORE. can you be HONEST?
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Ken
Imagine a Jewish president won the election, and the opposing party responded by turning -The Protocols of the Elders of Zion- and -The Turner Diaries- into a television series.
Imagine other Leftists went on about the 'brilliant writing' and sang the authors' praises (with direct references to said Jewish president.
Yeah--it's like that.
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Imagine a Jewish president won the election, and the opposing party responded by turning -The Protocols of the Elders of Zion- and -The Turner Diaries- into a television series.
Imagine other Leftists went on about the 'brilliant writing' and sang the authors' praises (with direct references to said Jewish president.
Yeah--it's like that.
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Lars
Excellent review! But I will let you in a little secret; Canadian insects, such as moose flies, deer flies, black flies, no-seeums, horse flies, mosquitoes are BRUTAL! Our Moose flies are so big they take a chunk out of your leg, or arm, and then eat it right in front of you on a stump! Shhh. .don't tell anyone.
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Excellent review! But I will let you in a little secret; Canadian insects, such as moose flies, deer flies, black flies, no-seeums, horse flies, mosquitoes are BRUTAL! Our Moose flies are so big they take a chunk out of your leg, or arm, and then eat it right in front of you on a stump! Shhh. .don't tell anyone.
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Niqui
Genuine question, where do we see the oppression of race in the book? Was it only in the tv series or did I somehow glance over it, since Atwood is very good at subtly indicating the horrors? in the novel -
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Genuine question, where do we see the oppression of race in the book? Was it only in the tv series or did I somehow glance over it, since Atwood is very good at subtly indicating the horrors? in the novel -
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