After reading through the few first chapters of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” one could speculate that all men have extensive power. The fact is that they have more rights, liberties and privileges than women in this society. As an example, men were allowed to read. Literature consumption by women was considered to be a dangerous activity that could be responsible for a collapse of the nation’s political structure. According to one …showed first 75 words of 804 total…

…showed last 75 words of 804 total…was led by a couple of men that were responsible for the assassination of the president and the congress. They probably belonged to a very extreme right-wing movement. After the blitzkrieg-like offense, the self-proclaimed rulers set out to establish their command by means of army and the secret police. Laws and regulations were created and enforced by the army. It would seem that these men were the only individuals that enjoyed the new world order.