Post #2

A common fear for the future is loss of freedoms. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood depicts a life void of many freedoms. Women are extremely restricted in their rights. The Handmaids are pretty much only used for breeding purposes and they are strictly monitored. The Eyes are always on the look out for anyone who is committing “heresy.” The fear of loss of freedoms in the future is also revealed in V for Vendetta. This view of the future was disturbing. The government had become extremely controlling by monitoring conversations and telephone calls as well as enforcing an 11:00pm curfew. In Robot Dreams, by Isaac Asimov, the view of the future also shows a fear for the loss of freedom. However, this story was different from the other ones mentioned. The fact that a robot had a dream like a human meant that something about the robots was changing. The robot that dreamed revealed his dream as well as that he did not have to follow the 3 laws that all the other robots were bound to. This created a fear in the scientists that perhaps other robots may no longer have to follow the 3 laws. Overall, these three authors depicted a fear of the loss of freedom. I think they also fear living in fear. People reading these stories today are hoping that they never see a world in fear of such things. I know I would be horrified to live the life of Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale.