The Handmaid's Tale, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 403

John Green discusses Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, a dystopian novel inspired by real-world events and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The story is set in the Republic of Gilead, a theocratic society where women are oppressed. The protagonist, Offred, navigates this world, maintaining her humanity and resisting in subtle ways. Atwood's work is classified as speculative fiction, exploring themes of power, control, and the human spirit.

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