Apr 28, 2025
THE HANDMAIDS TALE HIERARCHY
commanders: highest ranking men
guardians: bodyguards
drivers: commander’s chauffeurs
economen: low ranking, working class men
sons: sons of commanders
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from China
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from Singapore
seen from Canada
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Hong Kong SAR China
THE HANDMAIDS TALE HIERARCHY
commanders: highest ranking men
guardians: bodyguards
drivers: commander’s chauffeurs
economen: low ranking, working class men
sons: sons of commanders
who are the "econopeople" and what is their deal? june once said "if only it wasn't an adultress i would be living here too"
The econopeople are the middle class. They’re not the founders of Gilead and are not commanders. They the basic everyday people who are still around. They haven’t committed any sins and some are able to have children. They keep society running (think of people in the service industries, farmers, shipping and transport, those types of jobs).
This article on the econopeople helps explain a bit more. In the book June only references the wives (she would have been an econowife if Luke wasn’t divorced and his marriage to June was his first, but since she committed adultry, she’s a handmaid), but the series really develops the econopeople as a whole class or doctors.