Handmaids Tale Loss Of Identit

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When revolution occurred in the United States, the narrator was not yet known as Offred. Only after they relinquished her job, family, and past, and she no longer had much of an identity left, did they finally remove her name. With a name comes a person’s identity, and even though everything else has been taken away from them, a person always has the well being of their individuality. However, with the removal of her name and the placement of one such as ‘Offred’, it can cause one to think of themselves as insignificance. The significance of such as name as Offred (meaning ‘Of Fred’) further removes all the human aspect of having a name, and motivates others (and yourself) to think of yourself as property.
“A machine to have babies”, that is what Offred is and that is how she is treated. She is no longer an educated women, who’s opinions matter, but just another useful peace of meat. Devoid of any love, and even hated by ...

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