Journal # 2

I choose the mama. She is a feminist, pro-choice activist. She tries to persuade people, and maybe the government, to let abortion be legal, even though birth rates are dramatically low. She is hated by the "modern" society that Offred is in now. She was probably hated back then too for being so radical and not supporting her country in its time of need. She was a little bit treasonous, because she did accept the possible end of mankind by being pro-choice. She went to rallies and protested. She was not successful at all. She was trying to get more freedom for women. But she was looking for freedom to and equality, and instead she got freedom from, which is the opposite. Everything she stood for is seen as sacrilegious. Her activism had a profound effect on her. In her old age, she is a miserable, lonely, old curmudgeon. She still vehemently believes she is right, but she has run out of steam to fight for it, so she drinks and complains. If she had not been so opposed to society she could have had friends or a husband or something to be happy about, but she alienated all men and mainstream people with her radical views, and doesn't feel a connection to her fellow protesters because they probably all ended up just like her.