The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale is an interesting take on an oppressive, theocratic dystopia. The narrator Offred is a very small, passive person in the midst of a huge societal change, and she mostly just tries not to attract attention to herself. As a result, she does not have an awful lot of insight on the workings of the society beyond the house where she lives. However, the story is more about the state of mind of ordinary people who are caught up in this kind of a situation. Rather than rebellions, gunfights, or protests, Offred demonstrates the ways, both beneficial and not, that people might try to manage their own minds, to keep themselves sane and alive for a better future that may never come.

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