Why should you read “The Handmaid’s Tale“? - Naomi R. Mercer

Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed’s nonprofit mission: Check out Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale“: View full lesson: Margaret Atwood’s speculative fiction masterpiece “A 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. Lesson by Naomi R. Mercer, directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen. Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible. Sdiep Sriram, Ivan Todorović, Antero Semi, Yanuar Ashari, Mrinalini , Anthony Kudolo, Querida Owens, David Lucsanyi, Hazel Lam, Manav parmar, Dwight Tevuk, Stephen A. Wilson, Siamak H, Dominik Kugelmann, Katie Winchester, David Rosario, Samuel Doerle, Be Owus