TROUBLE

Why is The Handmaid's Tale, a book written in 1985, more relevant today than ever before? The author, Margaret Atwood, has said it herself that the plot is more and more plausible. 

We'll dive into the plot, themes and ideas from the book to try and answer this question. 

Set in a not-too-distant dystopian future. 

Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.

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