chap 1 'men with machine guns' in East Berlin armed guards in towers along concrete wall: Atwood in 1984 lived in west berlin under the shadow of the berlin wall (stood 1961-1989) known as wall of shame restricted freedom + split families great suffering
sex related crimes
1976-1984 risen by 160%
1973 Roe vs Wade made abortion legal making increase violence by anti abortion extremist + pro life movement
christian fundementalist movement: publications print,preaching,tv occured response civil right campaigns: envangelical singer for envagelical tv programne in pre Gillead
father ecological scienticst
Aunts: Sara + Elizabeth are biblical names reflecting motherhood, elderly women who became mother of the Hebrew nature + totalitarian regimes eg. Hitler Nazi's, China and the Cultural Revolution.