IOP (Journal #3)

This Journal will include passages/ideas I find interesting in the novel that relate to my topic

-How the women's view of the society is limited. Different women can see different things
ex
Marthas -- cooks/etc/gossipers p 14
Aunts --not fertile women but they basically brainwash the other women so they have power in the society
Handmaids-- fertile women
Wives - marry the husbands. they have the most "power"
Econowives - poor women that are normal
Jezebels - prostitutes! see moria's passage
Unwomen -

Commanders - most powerful, run the government- break their own rules
Eyes - spies for the government
Angels - soldiers

govt take over 232
chess game p 178 198
persoective 185
mayday- handmaids 261 348
serena nick 265
commander 272 274 307- power
moria- 323
nick 339
offred nick 345
marthas 349
bodies 356 359
new ofwarren 364 365
commander serena end 377

Presentation Outline
Using chronology, perspective, point of view, bias… Atwood shows that the advantages one has in a society allows them to perceive the government differently.
Background info:
• speculative fiction!
• Left wing—supported change however no one in the “upper class” wanted change. They would go against it privately but not in plain view.