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The Handmaids Tale is a popular science fiction novel set in late twentieth century America, written by the widely recognised feminist author Margaret Atwood. One could see the novell, as a critic, Angela Carter did as a Superlative exercise in science fiction, or maybe as a prophetic novel of how Atwood views the future of mankind to be, or maybe just as a clever amalgam of past historical and political events, well disgused beneath the main narrative , which is backed with generic features, ie the imaginative use of different tenses.
There are many concepts in the novel which can be seen as directly imitating past historical, political and sociological ideas. ...
From a historical angle, the use of food tokens is synonymous with the rationing that has occured in times of crisis, ie during sanctioning and wars. However, such rationing is not absolute because, as demonstrated in The Handmaids Tale, there is a black market of which only the bourgeoisie and upper classes, made up of the Commanders and their wives have access to. ... However, in The Handmaids Tale, there is no real evidence of any outcome to to this inversion, but we can see from the Historical notes section at the back of the book that Gilead as a monotheocracy was shortlived and so not long after the setting of the book there must have been a time of much political upheaval and change.
Approximate Word count = 1058
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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