Part 1 of Essay
Dystopia can be defined as a place of utter wretchedness. This definition is a perfect description of the lives of Winston Smith in 1984 and Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale. Both characters live lives that would not even be thought of as an acceptable way of life today. These two books were written as visions of the futu ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... of the situation. She is taken to the bathroom, watched while she sleeps, and even though she is constantly being watched, her face cannot be seen. She wears white wings on her face so that no one can see her and the only way she can see out is by sneaking short peeks at the outside world. In both of these books, 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale, the main characters know that the controlled lifestyle that they are living is wrong. At the beginning, they think that this is the way they have to live, and accept thin ....