A dystopian novel is generally set in an undesirable environment where one may endure qualities similar to being miserable, frightened and diseased. One thing author Margaret Atwood never fails to do is create a strong sense of emotions through vivid imagery. Governments gain control through different types of tactics, whether it is dictatorship, autocratic, or totalitarian. All are used in order to exploit, and pressure many to maintain or ensure the control they need throughout the society. In “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Oryx and Crake”, Atwood conveys a dystopian type society and the negative impacts of government control. Throughout both novels, the government regime causes turmoil. The unsettling aspect of this is that many are subjected
