Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? - Naomi R. Mercer
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Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale explores the consequences of complacency and how power can be wielded unfairly. Atwood’s chilling vision of a dystopian regime has captured readers' imaginations since its publication in 1985. How does this book maintain such staying power? Naomi R. Mercer investigates.
In the novel, one of the characters tells Offred that freedom comes in two forms: “Freedom to and freedom from.” What kinds of societies do you think these two kinds of freedom describe?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Naomi R. Mercer
- Art Director Phuong Mai Nguyen
- Script Editor Brendan Pelsue
- Animator Phuong Mai Nguyen
- Storyboard Artist Phuong Mai Nguyen
- Character Designer Phuong Mai Nguyen
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Susan Zimmerman
