Power of knowledge.
In Gilead, women aren't allowed to read. Instead of a shopping list, they are given photos of the food needed. Books aren't allowed near them, not even the Bible!
I figure that if they had books, they'd have knowledge. We all know that knowledge is power. The most power people in the world have degrees from major colleges and such. If women were able to be intelligent, they could rebel. The older adults, Commanders, Wives, Aunts, Guardians, etc., would lose all power. They have brainwashed each handmaid to follow their orders and have taken away most of their thoughts as individuals.
The older adults want these women only to make children. They have no other use of them except for reproduction. Now, if the women did not want to be used like this, they would probably fight anyone who’d force them. Now who would fight if they didn’t think that this way of life was wrong?
Eh, this sounds a bit sketchy and all over the place. You guys get my point. If you have knowledge, then you have power, but you can’t have power without any knowledge. Yeaaaa.
that's a really good point! educating the women would certainly hinder the higher authorities from controlling these women.
ReplyDeleteI don't think these women didn't fight for their rights because they thought it wasn't wrong, but rather that they were given two options and the Gilead society was more beneficial in their circumstances at the time. Or perhaps they might have even been tricked? I can't imagine anyone who'd want this way of life.