The dystopian novel, 'The Handmaid's Tale' implies the fact that there are two types of freedom, freedom to and freedom from. It is the paradox between 1980's America and Gilead that is examined continually throughout the novel and it's the ideas of 'freedom to' being a society of broad-minded morals and 'freedom from' the more controlled, restrictive society with an imposition upon individual freedom that are most prominent. In Atwood's thought-provoking novel, two societies with …showed first 75 words of 1320 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1320 total…are telling in their ability to provoke thought from the reader, as when they are compared, it causes the reader to realise not to take the societies within which we are living for granted, as things could be much worse. The extreme religious society of Gilead with its oppressive 'freedom from' approach, although beneficial in that the population is free from crime and corruption, are not free themselves, living lives of fear under the regime.