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The world created by atwood in the handmaids tale is a world out of a feminists nightmare a world that reduces women to their reproductive ability. The united states of america has fallen under a military dictatorship. A dystopia is a society characterized by a focus on that which is contrary to the authors ethos, such as mass poverty, public mistrust, and suspicion, a police state or oppression. Detailing indepth science fiction material, the writer of the handmaids tale. The handmaids tale by margaret atwood game of tomes. The handmaids tale is a dystopian novel no surprise im reading another one of those. The story is told in first person from the point of view of offred not her real name. The world builds slowly and gradually, as the story unfolds, and you realise, slowly and gradually, how horrible this world is. The handmaids tale by margaret atwood is published by vintage books.
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