Ooof, if you thought The Giver was too magical, the sequels are crazy magical. I always thought of Jonas as having a psychic ability; in the sequels he's practically one of the X-Men :-D
Luv The Handmaid's Tale. I should read it again too, because I can probably take more away from it as an adult.
Hmm, well, birthmother is assigned as a job, so there isn't much choice in matter, but also a lot of ignorance. It's implied that they aren't taught sex ed. It doesn't seem like a very consensual process. It's also implied that girls lacking in intelligence are assigned to be a birthmother.
Yeah, see this is something that would have been such a good story angle - that the community founders wanted to make sure only their perfect sperm was passed along...either that or some poor guy is chained in a closet with a lot of porn! "Timmy, you just turned 12! Your life assignment is progenitor!"
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Date: 2013-05-08 03:47 am (UTC)Luv The Handmaid's Tale. I should read it again too, because I can probably take more away from it as an adult.
Hmm, well, birthmother is assigned as a job, so there isn't much choice in matter, but also a lot of ignorance. It's implied that they aren't taught sex ed. It doesn't seem like a very consensual process. It's also implied that girls lacking in intelligence are assigned to be a birthmother.
Yeah, see this is something that would have been such a good story angle - that the community founders wanted to make sure only their perfect sperm was passed along...either that or some poor guy is chained in a closet with a lot of porn! "Timmy, you just turned 12! Your life assignment is progenitor!"