Handmaid's tale: the warnings

What is Atwood warning us about and how does she oblige us to consider it? Fundamentally, Atwood is warning us about the decrease in fertility due to pollution, food and basically the way that we live our lives. Other observations and warnings sprout from this and from our society. Essentially, the first technique used to engage the reader and make them consider the warnings is the genre; science fiction. As this ultimately is an enlarged …showed first 75 words of 935 total…

…showed last 75 words of 935 total…in costume – ‘baby doll pyjamas’ and bunny outfits, which is evident today. In conclusion, just through the language the reader can be aware of the very real issues that relate to today. And perhaps the most provoking line is left till last, when the reader is just about to finish and close the book, the question that combines all of the other considerations in the novel to provoke a strong response: "Are there any questions?"