how does Gilead gradually and also quickly change America into Gilead
- There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.”
- Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you’d be boiled to death before you knew it
how is information silenced
-There was a lot more music on the radio than usual, and fewer words.
what happens to Offreds money and how
They’ve frozen them, she said. Mine too. The collective’s too. Any account with an F on it instead of an M. All they needed to do is push a few buttons. We’re cut off.
what does Gilead do to the politicians and how does Atwood mimic the real world
when they shot the president and machine-gunned the Congress and the army declared a state of emergency. They blamed it on the Islamic fanatics
how is it clear that religion has become a weapon
people used to have signs beside their cash registers, for a joke: In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash. That would be blasphemy now.
