The Handmaids Tale Part 1: Crash Course Literature #403
In which John Green teaches you about Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction novel, The Handmaid's Tale. John looks at some of the themes in this classic dystopian novel, many of which are kind...
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Hi, I'm John Green. This is Crash Course Literature and last week we wrapped up our discussion of George Orwell's 1984. Lately here at Crash Course, we've been a bit preoccupied with dystopias -- which is to say, imagined futures where things have gone horribly wrong. You know, as opposed to the present. I've always loved a good dystopia. They can show us the signposts pointing toward disaster, remind us of the resilience of humanity, help us to think through the consequences of social and political change... ... And also fill us with pure and unadulterated terror, which brings us to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood said that Orwell's 1984 was a direct model for The Handmaid's Tale, which she began writing in the...
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Hi, I'm John Green. This is Crash Course Literature and last week we wrapped up our discussion of George Orwell's 1984. Lately here at Crash Course, we've been a bit preoccupied with dystopias -- which is to say, imagined futures where things have gone horribly wrong. You know, as opposed to the present. I've always loved a good dystopia. They can show us the signposts pointing toward disaster, remind us of the resilience of humanity, help us to think through the consequences of social and political change... ... And also fill us with pure and unadulterated terror, which brings us to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood said that Orwell's 1984 was a direct model for The Handmaid's Tale, which she began writing in the...
