how classification mentations a sense of order - The handmaids tale
The Handmaids Tail…
How classifying people into different groups and social classes helps to maintain a sense of order and prevent a mass resistance in Gilead, a country run by a totalitarian regime
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Gilead is a country run by a totalitarian regime in which all people whether rich, poor, old or young are affected in some way. The totalitarian regime is like a database however instead of classifying and organizing numbers it classifies and organizes people. This system has become so efficient that it is almost impossible for someone to change their fait once it has been decided for them. Another distinctive quality about the system is that it is not reliant on a specific person or specific people. In other words, those who do not accept and abide to the system can be killed and replaced easily.
Gilead is a society where the oppressed become the oppressors. Throughout this novel we are introduced to different classes of people. Such as the commander, the commanders wife, the handmaids, the Aunts and the Martha’s. These roles are distinguished by the freedom and limitations that they provide. The delegation of power to different groups of people is a tactic that gives the people of Gilead a false sense of control, those who are in higher positions feel compelled to retain the system in order, as they feel powerful in comparison to those who have less or no power in this society. In addition, the distribution of power causes less rebellion to the system as it affects the different classes of people in different ways and thus results in an invisible separation between the different classes, This limits the extent that people can relate and empathies with. The illusion of power in being a commander or a commander’s wife and the social status from that title and the contrast between the fait of different people in the society is what keeps this system running.
One of the most important aspects that prevent
How classifying people into different groups and social classes helps to maintain a sense of order and prevent a mass resistance in Gilead, a country run by a totalitarian regime
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Gilead is a country run by a totalitarian regime in which all people whether rich, poor, old or young are affected in some way. The totalitarian regime is like a database however instead of classifying and organizing numbers it classifies and organizes people. This system has become so efficient that it is almost impossible for someone to change their fait once it has been decided for them. Another distinctive quality about the system is that it is not reliant on a specific person or specific people. In other words, those who do not accept and abide to the system can be killed and replaced easily.
Gilead is a society where the oppressed become the oppressors. Throughout this novel we are introduced to different classes of people. Such as the commander, the commanders wife, the handmaids, the Aunts and the Martha’s. These roles are distinguished by the freedom and limitations that they provide. The delegation of power to different groups of people is a tactic that gives the people of Gilead a false sense of control, those who are in higher positions feel compelled to retain the system in order, as they feel powerful in comparison to those who have less or no power in this society. In addition, the distribution of power causes less rebellion to the system as it affects the different classes of people in different ways and thus results in an invisible separation between the different classes, This limits the extent that people can relate and empathies with. The illusion of power in being a commander or a commander’s wife and the social status from that title and the contrast between the fait of different people in the society is what keeps this system running.
One of the most important aspects that prevent