I really liked this novel because it gave me a different perspective on the word freedom. Teenagers don't have as much freedom as we wish to have. However, we have more than children do. The word freedom has different meanings to people in different situations. Freedom can also be classified as freedom from, and freedom to. Freedom from, for example in America, would be freedom from dictatorship. An example of freedom to, in America, is freedom to vote. However, freedom to vote is differs in age. Teenagers can't, and adults can. In Gilead, the same ideas of freedom are portrayed. The Handmaid's have freedom from heartbreak and loneliness, however they do not have freedom to choose a partner. They have freedom to reproduce, except they do not have freedom from choosing the father.
The Handmaid's Tale opened my eyes to different freedoms and how those freedoms are given and taken throughout different society's and different ages.
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