The Hand Maid's Tale Freedom Analysis

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From the book, "The Hand Maid 's Tale" the main theme of freedom has been shown through different ways. So, what is the real meaning of freedom? And what is the main goal of it? Freedom is a basic right of a person. Even in today 's world, a lot of people do not even have any freedom. The cause of this can include; different political regime issues, modern slavery, religion, and even "fake democracy". These severe factors are ruining today 's society both socially and politically.

There are a lot of different types of freedom such as personal freedom, freedom of basic rights and freedom of speech. Firstly is the freedom and basic human right issue that caused by modern slavery. There are also different types of modern slavery, such as child …show more content…

That is the media, people 's mind and way of thinking has been "brainwashed" by the media. People think that the citizens of the "second world countries." have not much freer because of totalitarian control and strong military rule. They are mainly targeting countries such as, "Russia, China, and North Korea" just because of these countries are their political rivals. However, there is some totalitarian control and militarism inside these state 's political system. In reality, those countries have the very stable social society, such as low criminal activity and stable economic conditions. Since a lot of people with don 't have 'freedom '. A state with the rotten system to control their people can also refer as "fake democracy." The rotten system makes the mistake of thinking that human nature is the same as material nature. There is a material aspect of human life and there is a place for the law not in morality. the rotten system of some countries "fake democracy," So do the people of these countries, like the citizens of the USA, really have freedom? Or European nation. Sometimes the people of these countries are more likely to get brainwashed by their political system. The protestor gets harshly beaten by police, etc. In this essay, I am not talking as an "Opposition" perspective. However the truth, we need to change this factor, so people will understand the true …show more content…

Therefore at last she escaped. If the Handmaid can overcome herself and try to be free, why cannot people of today’s world be the same? It 's important that we respect other country 's cultural, political system and policy. We should not try to control what the others believe, want or act because people have the right to be free. Therefore we will achieve our beautiful aim and goal of world peace. We must do something And this is not formalism, insipid plan or an empty idea. We need to struggle and fight against these problems to make the future

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