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A 4 page research paper that discusses the contemporary trends and perspectives that suggest that the scenario of her novel The Handmaid's Tale could actually occur. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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speculate what a possible future might be like. This position necessarily prompts the question of how closely conditions in the world and in the U.S. resemble Atwoods dystopian view of
the future. Considering this aspect of the novel, the abuses of the Taliban immediately come to mind. Reporting in The New York Times published n the late 1990s indicates
that these Islamic fundamentalist routinely allows women to die rather than violate conceptualization of Islamic moral ethics. The Taliban prevents women from working outside the home, going to school, or
talk or even ride in a car with men who are not their relatives ("The...Women"). This suggests that this fundamentalist groups orientation inculcates thoroughly the philosophy of Atwoods Gilead, which
is that women have no purpose other than to serve men and bear their children, as all female activities are viewed through the perspective of sexual behavior. Current news indicates
that the Taliban is reemerging in Afghanistan. However, Atwoods novel specifically addresses the possibility of Christian fundamentalism becoming so entrenched in the U.S. that a coup ousting traditional American liberties
becomes possible. Danni Moss is an online writer who uses a pen name to protect the privacy of her children as she fears retaliation from fundamentalist Christian for the
views she expresses. Moss attended "Bible college" and asserts that both her formal education and her religious background (which is fundamentalist Christian) taught her that women have no purpose to
their existence other than to serve their husbands. Moss attributes this theology to contributing to her abusive marriage, as her husband was, likewise, taught that it was his religious responsibility
to "rule" over his wife (Moss). Consequently, Moss relates that her husband felt that any deviation from mirroring his personality, his views, his opinions, was sinful and wrong.
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