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Mrs. Cline
Eng 102,
12/06/10
Compare Movie to Book “The Handmaids Tale”
It was Tuesday afternoon when none other than I decided to watch “The Handmaids Tale”. It wasn’t long after that I started comparing the book to the movie. It was cool because the book and movie really did match up well except for a few parts.
The beginning of the movie was a bit different than the book it showed the wife, husband and the kid trying to cross the border. It was then that they had been spotted and not to long after did the husband try to cause a distraction so that his wife Kate and the daughter could escape. Then as the husband ran the guards shot and killed him. It was then that both Kate and the daughter’s life would be changed forever.
Kate was then captured and token to a camp area full of women that had been captured and tested to see if they could have babies. The women that could have babies would stay alive and be a handmaids and the other would be slaves or die. Kate has tested and her results showed that she could have a baby. Not too long after that did she start training alone with many other women to be a handmaid. They would meet in a room and talk about how those women who didn’t want kids were sluts and how they were the selected few that could only have kids now.
Later on down the road she had gone to Serena Joy the Commander’s wife house. They were interested in using Kate as their third handmaid seeing as the others failed at the job. After
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a quick set down with Serena it was then decided that she would work for them as a Handmaid. It was then that Kate’s name was changed to (Offred) that was her named because it referred to who she worked for such as slave of-Fred. It was very interesting how they chose their names for the Handmaids.
Further into the movie Offred learned that when the Commander wanted sex she would have to give it to him, and that was her job; to have a baby by him. She was a gift from god and her part was to supply babies. So when it came to the first time just like the book said she laid on the bed. As Serena held her hands and head between her laps well the Commander had sexual contact with her. Right after they were done Serena and Offred were upset. Serena was upset because she had to watch her husband have sex with another women and Offred was really upset because it was really uncomfortable and forced upon her.
After multiple times of meeting up and having sex with the commander she adapted to the life style more. Offred would not lay down for the Commander whenever he wanted. They would play chess together and she would fix him drinks. They looked as if they had a great time.
After the third visit to the hospital Serena decided that she wanted to stop waiting and that she wanted Offred to sleep with Nick. Serena was so excited she planned the date in nicks room. Serena told nick that she wanted him to sleep with Offred because she wanted a baby. That night, Offred went in and a few minutes of talking lead to sex. After that Offred had grown really fond of Nick and he felt the same way about her.
Then later on Offred realized that the Commander had lost interest in his wife and had grown feelings for Offred. It was to the point where he took her out to his secret spot. It was a
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hangout spot that would put them in the past. Where women partied and men enjoyed themselves too. It was becoming strange for Offred after that because she had deep feelings for Nick but yet she still had to sleep with the Commander until the test results came in.
It was later on the next day that Serena found her scarlet and dress in Offred’s room. Right then and there she knew that she had been seeing the Commander on the side. Offred was a bit frightened that Serena would turn her in. although later on in the night nick kidnapped her and she thought that Serena did. Little did she know that Nick was taking her to somewhere else, so that she could live a free life with their kid. It was then that her love for Nick could not be lost and she kept thinking about her daughter just like in the book. She now lived in the hills in a trailer well she receives food from the guards and a letter occasionally from Nick.
