The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood

Sexuality is a part of human nature, it is unchangeable, resolute, and inalterable. Yet when a society is aiming to eliminate this unique function in men and women, a devastating effect will occur. Similarly, when one is trying to decrease the size of a plumped balloon by pressing it with all of his strength, no matter how much strength one uses, the balloon still remains the same size. Eventually, the balloon explodes as it cannot stand the pressure, this idea is greatly explored in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. As the story unfolds, readers see how Offred, the protagonist, is being mentally afflicted by a strictly ruled society, Gilead, through Offred’s narration. The government of Gilead burns out all of the pornography and sexual

The Commander admitted to Offred that Serena does not understand him and he doesn’t love her at all. As a result, he doesn’t have a choice but seeking for knowledge through the handmaids when they are having affairs because Gilead doesn’t allow the commanders to marry a handmaid. The Commander, however, admits that he had an affair with the girl who used to live in the same room with Offred; “‘She hanged herself, he says; thoughtfully, not sadly. ‘That’s why we had the light fixture removed. In your room.’ He pauses. ‘Serena found out ,’ he says as if this explains it. And it does.” (235) This is important as it showed the Commanders merciless that a girl committed suicide because of her affair with him but he does not feel guilty at all. But also the strict and numb rules of Gilead that they did not only restrict women’s freedoms, but also men from marrying his true love, which result in disloyal men in Gilead and women’s

I talk too much. I tell him about Moira, about Ofglen not about Luke, though.” Even though Offred found real pleasure when she was being with Nick. But at the same time, she kept thinking about Luke and felt guilty, which was awful because she might consider Nick as a substitution for her old husband instead she truly fall in love with him. Offred’s act reflected Gilead as whole that Gilead’s acts of banning sex relationship turn out to be having a completely opposite result that people treated each other as sex machines in order to content their lust. In brief, Gilead was becoming weaker as it was a society that consisted of people with no love, no attraction, and no tenderness. Gilead was collapsing because the individuals interacted with each other to gain the benefits from others