The Handmaid's Tale-- response 1

Margaret Atwood makes a thought-provoking social commentary with her novel The Handmaid's Tale. In this futuristic work of fiction, a sect of Christian extremists have taken over the United States. They killed the president and all the members of Congress, and have instituted their own government that controls people's lives. People who belong to other faiths are persecuted and killed. Women are robbed of their rights. This book--like 1984, Brave New World, and We--features a controlling, invasive regime in which individuals have little to no power. These four books also carry a warning to readers. They make people stop and think about where their own society is headed.