The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood by Michelle Duggan https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls 𝐀𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝.' en-us 2020-06-09 02:26:16 UTC 2025-10-07 11:51:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f440.png Q: How do novelists use the dystopian form to reflect the respective concerns of their societies? mduggan42 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/617981994 1. Define and identify characteristics of dystopian literature and speculative fiction.
2. Evaluate the effect of 1980s feminism on the novel.
3. Connect the society portrayed in the novel to real-life repressive regimes.
4. Political satire in The Handmaid's Tale.

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]]> 2020-06-09 02:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/617981994 mduggan42 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/627514546 2020-06-15 15:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/627514546 mduggan42 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/627523831 2020-06-15 15:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/627523831 1. characteristics dystopian literature and speculative fiction https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/627538117 2020-06-15 15:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/627538117 mduggan42 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/628051721 2020-06-15 22:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/628051721 mduggan42 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/628052047 2020-06-15 22:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/628052047 Political satire in The Handmaid's Tale https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629027732 2020-06-16 14:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629027732 Connections to history and modern society https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629030681 2020-06-16 14:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629030681 Hitler and the Nazis https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629031113 2020-06-16 14:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629031113 Promised family values https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629031359 But a sexist social construct was implemented where dissenters were simply killed]]> 2020-06-16 14:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629031359 Brain-washing of the youth https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629033516 Chapter 4: "The young ones are often the most dangerous, the most fanatical"]]> 2020-06-16 14:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629033516 Restrictions on literature and literacy https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629035623 2020-06-16 14:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629035623 China's Cultural Revolution https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629038638 2020-06-16 14:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629038638 Islam https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629039670 2020-06-16 14:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629039670 Refusal of girl's education https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629039982 2020-06-16 14:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629039982 Covering of women https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629040438 2020-06-16 14:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629040438 Brutal sentences for breaking of law https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629040938 Public hangings and other punishments]]> 2020-06-16 14:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629040938 From Irony to Affiliation in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale mduggan42 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629041320 2020-06-16 14:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629041320 mduggan42 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629048408 2020-06-16 14:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629048408 Creation of red guards, https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629048471 uniting all of those who followed Mao's Ideologies into one strong group]]> 2020-06-16 14:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629048471 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629055575 2020-06-16 14:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629055575 Supression of reason https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629058074 Scholars and intellectuals were targeted, examples of this being 10 million intellectual youths being sent to the countryside for the "Down to the Countryside Movement"]]> 2020-06-16 14:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629058074 Linguistic repression https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629058755 2020-06-16 14:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629058755 All non religious books are banned https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629059536 2020-06-16 14:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629059536 Limited vocabulary https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629064446 Leads to limited thought, like in 1984]]> 2020-06-16 14:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629064446 Betrayal being culturally ingrained https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629064856 Exposing people is promoted by leaders, causing a lack of trust even with one's own family members.]]> 2020-06-16 14:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629064856 2. The effect of 1980s feminism on the novel https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629087943 2020-06-16 14:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629087943 Religion https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629088046 2020-06-16 14:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629088046 Theocratic principles https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629089130 Yet the new testament is not included.]]> 2020-06-16 14:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629089130 Many values are ignored https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629090147 Like the 10 commandments]]> 2020-06-16 14:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629090147 3. Connect the society portrayed in the novel to real-life repressive regimes. solomonab1 https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629154821 2020-06-16 15:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/santiagocollege/jvzovpus991p08ls/wish/629154821