Did Margaret Atwood Predict the Future?
Is the Republic of Gilead still unfathomable?
I recently finished reading Margaret Atwood’s esteemed novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. After the initial shock of the story and its society crept away, I couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of dread for what is to come.
Readers have often accused classic novelists like Gorge Orwell (1984) and Aldous Huxley (A Brave New World) of predicting the future, but what about Atwood? The Republic of Gilead is no more unfathomable than the next — especially now.
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It’s All About Control
Women in the United States have suffered immensely since Roe v. Wade was overturned and our right to bodily autonomy was taken away. Now, the Supreme Court’s decision seems like a mere catalyst to the government’s actual plans. It is not just in the United States, however, that women are being strictly governed.
Women from all around the globe are being told what to do and how to act. We are taught at a young age to be ‘ladylike’ and to ‘not provoke men’ and are still threatened, raped, abused, and murdered. This seems to point out…
