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handmaid's tale
Sep. 5th, 2019 07:51 pmI am so pleased that the season three finale of *A Handmaid’s Tale* did not involve the death of any children. Spoilers.
My fear was that the plane would be shot down.
I noticed that all the kids on the plane were incredibly obedient, quiet and willing to follow their Marthas. I can only assume that the children in Gilead with ADHD or who are oppositional or curious have by now either been killed or have been beaten into submission. The message to comply would, after all, be reinforced every time they walked past a corpse dangling from a lamp post.
Were most of the children on the plane girls? I could only spot a few boys and I wondered if this was because:
1, there is some sex-related aspect to the ongoing fertility crisis, with fewer boys born.
2, the boys are off at mini-Commander training lessons and so were not available to be rescued.
3, the boys have been trained in misogyny and would not have followed their Marthas.
My fear was that the plane would be shot down.
I noticed that all the kids on the plane were incredibly obedient, quiet and willing to follow their Marthas. I can only assume that the children in Gilead with ADHD or who are oppositional or curious have by now either been killed or have been beaten into submission. The message to comply would, after all, be reinforced every time they walked past a corpse dangling from a lamp post.
Were most of the children on the plane girls? I could only spot a few boys and I wondered if this was because:
1, there is some sex-related aspect to the ongoing fertility crisis, with fewer boys born.
2, the boys are off at mini-Commander training lessons and so were not available to be rescued.
3, the boys have been trained in misogyny and would not have followed their Marthas.
