“The Handmaid's Tale,” by Margaret Atwood, is a documentary about gender roles in Gilead society and the amount of restrictions placed on women. The purpose of Atwood's book is to provide readers with a sense of reality. It tries to convey the message that life can change in an instant and warns residents not to take advantage of today's society. Readers of Atwood's book should listen to his message because he wrote the book in a future time period, so through his book he is making a prediction. Atwood supports the many restrictions placed on women in Gilead society and feels that the government is dehumanizing women. I agree with Atwood because women are not given any means of interaction, clothing makes them feel like nothing, and they have to follow a required schedule that is forced upon them. The same restrictions were imposed on African Americans during the period of slavery, making them feel like machines, not people. Atwood expresses her first resentment against the restrictions placed on women regarding the amount of interaction allowed between them. Handmaids in Gilead society were limited to speaking only with cultural greetings such as “praise be or good weather is sent to us” (19). These greetings are allowed because they avoid in-depth conversations between the Handmaids, but there is some interaction to prevent madness and rebellion. The protagonist of “The Handmaid's Tale” is Offred. Offred shows her resentment against the restrictions on interaction by connecting their feelings to the book. Offred believes that the restrictions keep everyone in the dark about how the government is run and what happens both inside and outside of Gilead society. When Offred said...... middle of the card...... the person showed how they were lower class and the coloring clothes worn by the handmaids showed how they were lower class. Works Cited Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Print."Meaning of Color." Color Wheel Pro. Np, nd Web. December 12, 2013. Hochschild, Jennifer L. “The Skin Color Paradox and the American Racial Order.” The paradox of skin color and the American racial order. Harvard College Professor, 2013. Web. December 14, 2013."Life as a Slave." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation and Web. December 09, 2013.."Nightjohn." John of the night. Np, nd Web. 09 December 2013. “Plot Summary.” IMDb. Echo Bridge Home Entertainment and Web. December 13, 2013."Famous." Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Np, nd Web. 12 December. 2013.