Shane Webb
July 16, 2010
Laura Darrow
Topic Proposal
For my essay about a topic that relates to The Handmaids Tale, I would like to research the women’s movement in the United States. The main reason that I want to write this is during the book, it seemed that the women had no choice but to be submissive. In my history class, we briefly talked about the women’s movements and the life they had before hand. It seemed that they too had to be submissive to the men in their lives, be it their father or brother or even husband. I think my question would be why did they not stand up sooner, why did it takes long for the women of the United States to stand up for themselves against oppression. I believe this will help me understand Atwood’s book more because I feel like the women in that book are treated almost as good as the furniture, which in some cases the protagonist makes ties to how she is like furniture.