135 3 Democracy and citizenship UNDERSTANDING 30 The State of Gilead What do we learn about Gilead in this excerpt? What kind of society is it, what are the rules, etc.? Write a list. Example: a dystopian society in the future etc. 31 Life before Gilead Work with a partner. In this excerpt, you get several glimpses of life before Gilead. Close read the text and find as many examples as you can. Write your notes in keywords. Things you can look for are: What do we know about the characters before Gilead? What was the building used for before it became a Centre? etc. TALKING 32 Discuss a statement In the Republic of Gilead, women have been removed from their jobs and have been denied all rights as citizens. Offred is forced into being a reproductive slave to the elite. The author, Margaret Atwood, has said that she would not put anything in the novel “that had not been done at some time or in some place”. Do you think she could be right? Discuss her statement with a partner. Hæfniviðmið • Lesið sér til gagns og ánægju fjölbreyttar bókmenntir við hæfi, unnið með efni þeirra og gert sér grein fyrir gildi bókmennta. • Tekist á við margs konar aðstæður í almennum samskiptum, miðlað og tekið á móti upplýsingum.
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