Intertextual links (AO4)

Question 1

How does Brave New World (Huxley) link to Handmaid’s?

Answer 1

-Both novels based upon a dystopian society
-“My name is Offred now”= objectified
-BNW= ‘everyone belonging to everyone else’

Question 2

How does 1984 (Orwell) link to Handmaid’s?

Answer 2

-Protagonist Smith= wrestles oppression in Oceania
-Protagonist Offred= pressed in Gilead
-Both novels about resisting oppression through written forms–> dairy + records / tapes