The Handmaid's Tale

In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Atwood has created an Orwellian society. Atwood uses The Handmaid’s Tale as a warning of what could happen in the future if we are not careful. Present day society could easily go along the same route as the Republic of Gilead by lack of freedoms, sexual discrimination and lack of privacy. Offred is our guide to lead us against an Orwellian society. If we are not …

…society. The Handmaid’s Tale serves as a warning for all. A warning that states that we should be careful and closely monitor society. It would be all to easy for our society to follow in the footsteps of Gilead. Atwood outlines what our society would be like if there was no humanity and no caring. In a world with no freedoms, complete sexual bias and a lack of privacy, there would be no humanity.