IOP 6

My computer crashed so I think that I should keep everything on the blog just in case. This is me continuing my outline. After this, I will do abs and then study chem. My IOP was moved to Friday, which gives me more time to study for my IB Chem test




IOP Outline
Introduction-
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Published in 1985
• BACKGROUND INFO ABOUT ATWOOD
• Breif summary: The Handmaid’s tale took place in the city of Gilead. In Gilead, people were ranked and everything was controlled. Women could be either Handmaids, Wives, Aunts, or Marthas to be considered in the “higher” society. Men had much more power than women but they were still limited in what they could do. They could be Commanders, Eyes, or Angels. This novel opens with the main character, Offred, a handmaid, in the Red Center where she is brainwashed by the Aunts. The novel is written from Offred’s point of view. Her thoughts jumble the chronology of the book making the reader learns a little bit at a time about Gilead and the past society. As the plot continues, the reader discovers that most in the society are discontent about their position they hold and they break the rules
Thesis/Theme
• From the Commander to the Handmaid, the reader discovers that although people may perceive the government the same way, the power they hold in the society affects their actions towards it.
Scrabble Game
• The game of scrabble is fair because everyone has a chance to win. However, because some people are naturally smarter than others they are able to get ahead. This is how a right society runs. Where how hard you work or how smart you are correlates with the power you hold in the government. As you can see from the summary of The Handmaid's Tale, people were given advantages and rights randomly or just because of their sex or ability to reproduce. I went into this IOP believing that how much power a person had would correlate with their perception of society. However, after reviewing the text I discovered that the power they hold in the society only affects their actions towards it but not how they saw it.
• This game will be played by the characters I studied
o Offred – In the beginning, Offred lacked power in the society because of her position as a handmaid. She was confined to wearing the red dress and was –76, 79doc help "The fact is that I no longer want to leave, escape, cross the border to freedom. I want to be here, with Nick, where I can get at him. Telling this I am ashamed of myself." 348
o The Commander—“he sighs, relaxes his hands, but leaves them on my shoulders. He knows what I think, all right. You can’t make an omellete without breaking eggs, is what he says. We thought we could do better.” P273
o Moira-- "How do you stand it? Everything considered, I like this outfit better. So after that, they said I was too dangerous to be allowed the privilege of returning to the Red Center. They said I would be corrupting influence. I had my choice, they said, this or the Colonies, Well, shit, nobody but a nun would pick the Colonies.... So here I am. They even give you face cream. You should figure out some way of getting in here. " 324
o Ofglen- “It’s a beautiful May day,” Ofglen says. P58 "You could go into his room at night,she says. Look through his desk. There must be papers, notations. ..But the Commander is no longer of immediate interest to me. I have to make an effort to keep my indifference towards him from showing." 345
o Serena Joy
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