Society's Views on Family Values and Children as Reflected in the novel "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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…the possibility of extremists taking us to a similar point is very real. Incidents like the Oklahoma bombing, the stand off in Idaho with right wing radicals, and the Unibomber should show us that people with radical ideas are willing to use force to get their views out to the public. Such shows of force and extreme ideas are exactly how the society of Gilead was founded. The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood (Toronto: Seal Books, 1985)