paper topic for handmaid's tale

In my paper I'm going to focus on rebellion; why Offred was content during a period of the story and then chose to rebel. What makes a person rebel and why it is important to challenge societies norms.

ending of handmaid's tale

well the ending left us with a lot of unanswered questions. Offred has slowly gained more and more power throughout the story, but the story leaves us with the eyes coming to get her and doesn't tell us what they do to her, if anything. The handmaids beat a few of the eyes. The society seems to become unhinged and likely on it's way to destruction. The handmaids eventually gained enough courage to rebel and are probably the cause for the chaos. It was an interesting story but the ending leaves a lot of questions unanswered.

handmaid's tale pgs. 199-250

Offred sees a picture of her grown daughter. Offred is pressured to try to have a child with Nick. Offred and the Commander are still spending time together and he takes her out to dinner. Offred finds out about a colony that is resisting the new society. Moira escaped and became a prostitute. Ofglen tells Offred that the eyes know about her meeting with the Commander. We are starting to find out a lot, and it seems the story is coming to it's climax.

handmaid's tale pgs. 151-195

Offred and Commander are becoming very good friends. They play more scrabble and the Commander lets her read newspapers. The commander seems to feel sorry for the position Offred has been put in. It kind of seems like he is trying to make it up to her by giving her certain priveledges. Offred talks about her past with luke and her child. We are starting to find out about how the new society came to be.

Handmaid 100-150

In this section of the story Janine has a baby and all the handmaids are required to help with her birth. Offred secretly meets Moira. Moira escapes. The part I found most interesting was when Offred and the Commander played scrabble together. The commander is breaking the rules by letting Offred play scrabble and spell words. Offred seems to really enjoy it and the relationship between her and the commander is becoming more intimate.Offred also has flashbacks and wonders if talks about Luke and her daughter.

handmaid's tale pg. 49-99

Offred goes to the doctor to see if she is pregnant. she isn't and the doctor offers to have sex with her, she refuses. the doctor say that most older men are sterile or to old. Offred finds this surprising because in Gilead there are suppose to be no sterile men.offred meats moira and secretly talks to her in the bathroom. Offred explains how the woman are forced to listen to the beatitudes playing over the tape player. Janine tells of how she was raped when she was 14, and is told by the aunts and other women that it was her fault because she led them on. In Geliead the women have almost no freedom whatsoever, unless you are a wife.

handmaid's tale pg. 1-49

The united states goverment has been taken over and now is a new society with really different rules.
Women are either wives, handmaides, or marths or something. offred is the handmaid of fred. her purpose is to produce children with fred. women have basically no rights and men are very constricted on who and when they can marry. handmaides wear red. wives wear blue. male gaurds called angels patrol the handmaids. sounds like a distorted society.