The Handmaid's Tale, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 404
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Nikki
I've listened to this video multiple times and only now did I realize he is saying Nunavut, around 9: 10. I thought he was saying -none of it- That's a very interesting choice to me. (For the record the anglicized pronunciation is nun-e-vut.
Nunavut wasn't an official territory when the book was published and wouldn't become one for years. It remained sparsely populated territory with an above-average population of aboriginal people and scientists due to harsh conditions. Currently, there are only a few colleges and no universities.
I wonder if this suggests in this future higher education will be more accessible to aboriginal people. Or if as climate change warps the planet, higher latitudes with warm-up and lower latitudes will become inaccessible, so the country is forced to 'develop' land we had previously left alone, effectively continuing the path of devastation.
The latter wouldn't seem to fit the tone of the ending. The former seems more plausible, with whites being marginal to dominate culture. And the name Crescent Moon is reminiscent of what happens when you translate the meaning/symbolism of an aboriginal person's name into English instead of trying to spell out its normal pronunciation in the Latin alphabet.
But Pieixoto's behaviour doesn't strike scream -We had done what is necessary to atone and mend fences as a culture-. Especially that line praising the effective totalitarian systems. And the pope part would be a strike against this theory if it is correct.
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I've listened to this video multiple times and only now did I realize he is saying Nunavut, around 9: 10. I thought he was saying -none of it- That's a very interesting choice to me. (For the record the anglicized pronunciation is nun-e-vut.
Nunavut wasn't an official territory when the book was published and wouldn't become one for years. It remained sparsely populated territory with an above-average population of aboriginal people and scientists due to harsh conditions. Currently, there are only a few colleges and no universities.
I wonder if this suggests in this future higher education will be more accessible to aboriginal people. Or if as climate change warps the planet, higher latitudes with warm-up and lower latitudes will become inaccessible, so the country is forced to 'develop' land we had previously left alone, effectively continuing the path of devastation.
The latter wouldn't seem to fit the tone of the ending. The former seems more plausible, with whites being marginal to dominate culture. And the name Crescent Moon is reminiscent of what happens when you translate the meaning/symbolism of an aboriginal person's name into English instead of trying to spell out its normal pronunciation in the Latin alphabet.
But Pieixoto's behaviour doesn't strike scream -We had done what is necessary to atone and mend fences as a culture-. Especially that line praising the effective totalitarian systems. And the pope part would be a strike against this theory if it is correct.
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Hal
Offred was -arrested- in name only in the book. She was actually spirited away by the Resistance. That was how she managed to leave a record of her ordeal. I don't think this was made clear in this video. Interesting take though about the successor society and that it may bear traces of Gilead. I didn't get that from my reading. Might be a reasonable idea. or not. Must re-read. Also, Offred's arrest resulted in the Commander's -bending- of the law regarding his relationship to his Handmaid becoming known and contributed to an even greater crackdown by the Powers That Were in Gilead. Offred seems to have ended her days in sanctuary, I believe, pregnant with Nick's child.
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Offred was -arrested- in name only in the book. She was actually spirited away by the Resistance. That was how she managed to leave a record of her ordeal. I don't think this was made clear in this video. Interesting take though about the successor society and that it may bear traces of Gilead. I didn't get that from my reading. Might be a reasonable idea. or not. Must re-read. Also, Offred's arrest resulted in the Commander's -bending- of the law regarding his relationship to his Handmaid becoming known and contributed to an even greater crackdown by the Powers That Were in Gilead. Offred seems to have ended her days in sanctuary, I believe, pregnant with Nick's child.
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Shiloh
I thnk the manner in which america turns into Gilead is the most important; Ecological disaster. it justifies the enslavement of others and never punishes (perhaps even awards) those who are at fault for the environment getting so bad that no one can reproduce. This is what scares me the most about the novel: I can most certainly see a future where it is so difficult to bear children that women who choose not to are considered selfish or even unlawful, while the billionaires in charge of the 100 companies destroying the earth will get off scot free.
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I thnk the manner in which america turns into Gilead is the most important; Ecological disaster. it justifies the enslavement of others and never punishes (perhaps even awards) those who are at fault for the environment getting so bad that no one can reproduce. This is what scares me the most about the novel: I can most certainly see a future where it is so difficult to bear children that women who choose not to are considered selfish or even unlawful, while the billionaires in charge of the 100 companies destroying the earth will get off scot free.
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Saif
Just saying John seems like a really nice and incredibly humble guy. he has made millions in his career as an author with best sellers like 'Looking for Alaska', 'The Fault in Our Stars', 'Paper Towns' and 'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' and still makes useful content due to his general passion for literature and the arts. Thank you.
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Just saying John seems like a really nice and incredibly humble guy. he has made millions in his career as an author with best sellers like 'Looking for Alaska', 'The Fault in Our Stars', 'Paper Towns' and 'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' and still makes useful content due to his general passion for literature and the arts. Thank you.
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Viridian
So fighting for equal rights. So feminists going to start signing up for the draft? And I mean on the front lines not safer support roles in the back. No? Okay come back asking for equality when you want it, not just asking for more privileges and none of the bad stuff that comes with it, all at the expense of others.
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So fighting for equal rights. So feminists going to start signing up for the draft? And I mean on the front lines not safer support roles in the back. No? Okay come back asking for equality when you want it, not just asking for more privileges and none of the bad stuff that comes with it, all at the expense of others.
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Nikki
I just -finished- the Handmaids Tale. I stopped properly reading when I saw the page saying historical note. I thought it was an actual discussion of the political and economic forces at play at play when Atwood was writing. I starting skimming because I was stuck in the bus but it was none-sense.
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I just -finished- the Handmaids Tale. I stopped properly reading when I saw the page saying historical note. I thought it was an actual discussion of the political and economic forces at play at play when Atwood was writing. I starting skimming because I was stuck in the bus but it was none-sense.
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Alden
I look around in 2019 and increasingly see a movement towards Giliad. I am fearful. My family has been in America for at least 150 years. I am hesitant to leave. But I can see what's happening. I am trying to learn German so that I can move to Germany.
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I look around in 2019 and increasingly see a movement towards Giliad. I am fearful. My family has been in America for at least 150 years. I am hesitant to leave. But I can see what's happening. I am trying to learn German so that I can move to Germany.
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Alexandra
My husband won't let me binge watch the show (we are watching it together, and he will only watch one episode per night, so I'm currently fighting the intense urge to watch this whole video to know what happens.
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My husband won't let me binge watch the show (we are watching it together, and he will only watch one episode per night, so I'm currently fighting the intense urge to watch this whole video to know what happens.
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Alfie
My friend's mother always told me to not take my freedoms for granted but to not become complacent and now I'm thinking maybe she was quoting this amazing book haha. I never made that connection till now
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My friend's mother always told me to not take my freedoms for granted but to not become complacent and now I'm thinking maybe she was quoting this amazing book haha. I never made that connection till now
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Matthew
Hey numbnuts! This is not a dystopian reality! It is actual life in a Muslim country (which you leftist puppets of Satan love. Why do so many Canadians get surgery in American hospitals?
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Hey numbnuts! This is not a dystopian reality! It is actual life in a Muslim country (which you leftist puppets of Satan love. Why do so many Canadians get surgery in American hospitals?
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