Through fictional worlds of distant times, the reader can evaluate their own current situation with that of the novel and see that things could be much more difficult than they are today 'today. But more than that, it gives the reader a will and a path. With what could happen on their minds, the passion to protect their own and their society's civil liberties is strong, and that is what the author wants. If we just accept things as they are, they will inevitably get worse. This is why, through literature, Orwell and Atwood called for