Ib Written Task 1 English: the Handmaid's Tale
Written Task 1:
Rationale:
I have written a letter, from Offred’s daughter, after approximately thirteen years since the two got separated. The Handmaid’s Tale is a book where we experience walking in heavy fog on a route with forking paths to different destinations, hence the exploitation to take on the path I fancy the most. I have decided that the tale had ended with Offred rescued and eventually receive this letter of hope. I have kept the daughter’s name a mystery, as anonymity creates her character. It is ironic as dehumanization shapes a character. I have also made sure to connote certain effects Gilead’s totalitarian theocratic society may have on the growing children such as religious views. The letter is emotionally nonchalant despite the mother and child being separated for 15 years to deliberately show how apathy is spread in the society of Gilead. I have explored this literary work in detail. The Handmaid’s Tale is like Atwood’s nightmare journal. It shows her fear of the increasing religious fundamentalism. I have recreated Atwood’s world to fight off the monster in the nightmare. In addition, I have tied knots to open ends such as answering the open ending and materializing Offred’s daughter. The letter bases on key points we learn throughout the novel and on my imagniation. I have also used a different font for the letter to make it seem more real. I have followed Atwood’s footstep of apathetic approach with fascination in texture of words.
A Letter to Offred written by Offred’s daughter thirteen years after they were separated :
Dear Mother, I hope you are well. Though we have been parted when I was at the mere age of five, I have always kept you deep in my heart; keeping me from going cuckoos like the many who had grown up with me. Day by day, I cried in the dark. I was scared. I wanted the woman who had given birth to me, the woman who would protect me; I needed a mother, not ‘rules’, to raise me. However, as time passed, I cried for you;
Rationale:
I have written a letter, from Offred’s daughter, after approximately thirteen years since the two got separated. The Handmaid’s Tale is a book where we experience walking in heavy fog on a route with forking paths to different destinations, hence the exploitation to take on the path I fancy the most. I have decided that the tale had ended with Offred rescued and eventually receive this letter of hope. I have kept the daughter’s name a mystery, as anonymity creates her character. It is ironic as dehumanization shapes a character. I have also made sure to connote certain effects Gilead’s totalitarian theocratic society may have on the growing children such as religious views. The letter is emotionally nonchalant despite the mother and child being separated for 15 years to deliberately show how apathy is spread in the society of Gilead. I have explored this literary work in detail. The Handmaid’s Tale is like Atwood’s nightmare journal. It shows her fear of the increasing religious fundamentalism. I have recreated Atwood’s world to fight off the monster in the nightmare. In addition, I have tied knots to open ends such as answering the open ending and materializing Offred’s daughter. The letter bases on key points we learn throughout the novel and on my imagniation. I have also used a different font for the letter to make it seem more real. I have followed Atwood’s footstep of apathetic approach with fascination in texture of words.
A Letter to Offred written by Offred’s daughter thirteen years after they were separated :
Dear Mother, I hope you are well. Though we have been parted when I was at the mere age of five, I have always kept you deep in my heart; keeping me from going cuckoos like the many who had grown up with me. Day by day, I cried in the dark. I was scared. I wanted the woman who had given birth to me, the woman who would protect me; I needed a mother, not ‘rules’, to raise me. However, as time passed, I cried for you;