blog 6

Okay, so this time i know we started learning more about different types of propaganda. There are testimonials, bandwagon, plain folk, glittering generalities and name calling. Fear happens to be the most used propaganda throughout The Handmaid's Tale. There are many uses, for instance, there is the time when the men are hung from the wall with Js on their clothes like the scarlet letter. The men have been charged with some crime. There are other times like when the women are at the red center and the aunts tell them that they all need to come together for one cause, which is to maintain the society and keep it precious. The aunts want them to also praise God and speak in biblical terms all the time. It was inevitable. They always had to speak and be polite in front of anyone and in case of eyes watching them, they had to be super diligent and careful. Testimonials were used a lot too, because women had to praise god all the time and therefore they had to abide by the bible, making any passage that the aunts or any higher authoritative person says that they "quote" from the bible makes it something to abide by and feared. Plain folk was seen when Offred was talking to the commander about how they can preserve the society. The commander was trying to convince offred that he was just like any other individual, he, besides having access to the black market could act like any regular man that wasn't in control all the time. I think that is a fat lie, because later in the book the commander uses his powers to bring out offred to jezzebel's so she could unwind and feel more at ease. At the same time, he wants to have sex with her because thats what he was after the whole time. My prediction of him being a gentleman was wrong. Later when they are at the club, the commander lets her be with the other women and offred runs into moira. When that happens, the both of them converse for a while, but after offred was led up to the room to have sex, she was later returned back to home where serena joy catches the make up that was left behind in the commander's room and gets very angry and calls offred a traitor. Then, at some point before serena finds out, serena forces offred to have sex with nick so that serena could be a mother. I feel that the wives always force the handmaids to have babies because they ultimately have a mothering feel to their nature.