English Literature The Handmaids Tale Will society ever reach a point where it is considered the 'natural norm' by all, and therefore unable to undergo further change? It is impossible to imagine that such a point could ever exist, as all people would have different belief, values and expectations according to their past experiences. In The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, the oppressive Gilead regime enforces their new ideals on the unsuspecting population. When compared …showed first 75 words of 1528 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1528 total…function in life is to reproduce ourselves, ensuring the survival of our species, with no space for feeling or thought. We will not be living our lives, only surviving and guaranteeing the future generations. But is it really possible to suppress human nature? Perhaps you can smother it, what came before may be lost for what seems like eternity, but it will always be there in our person, niggling away. It is in our nature.