The beginning of the book was very intriguing and not at all what I expected. It feels nice to get away from the war stories. The people in this book’s past were so free and proud, like we as a nation are today. I can’t imagine them letting that go for a supposed greater good. However, I can imagine someone writing a book with such a horrifying future for women and young girls alike that it might scare them out of getting an abortion or even having sex in the first place. This book is just another means of birth control by fear.
Things have gotten so horrible for women in this book, that even after reading it, the memory of it will follow a female around. Especially a young one who is just coming into her sexuality and is easily scared by stories that are not real. Being reduced to a baby vending machine in your mind is enough to scare anyone away from a good time. In the book even the doctors that had performed abortions were executed, could you imagine being one of the girls that actually received one? Living in constant fear is what it was all about. Just like most people want girls to live now. Fear sex, fear society, and most of all fear men. That is what The Handmaid’s Tale is all about.
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