Journal #3 The Handmaids Tale

In the book The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood creates the dystopian society in which the characters in the book live in, in order to make the point back when this book was published, that if people, most importantly women, do not stand up for their rights, they will lose them completely. Atwood was a radical feminist back when this book was written and was very passionate about sticking up for her rights and freedoms as an individual and most importantly, a women. This dystopian society she has created called Gilead, has such little rights and freedoms for the characters that it is almost impossible to be an individual. Atwood is stating that if women do not stand up for their freedom, they will lose their individuality and freedom. 

The society of Gilead in the book is unrealistic but it's not impossible. It is not likely that a secret government will overthrow the United States government, but it certainly is possible. Atwood creats a dystopian society that is terrible for characters in the book but that has a plossible way of life, rather then a dystopian society that is completely unrealistic and unable to ever be made. She does this in order to prove the point that this dystopian society is unrealistic but there is evidence that this could happen. She is doing this to warn people to stand up for and appreciate their rights, in order to keep them, and to prevent a dystopian society like Gilead.