How are the main characters in "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood constructed to represent the text's underlying values and attitudes?

Fictional writing is rarely a neutral account; typically, characters are constructed to express a particular viewpoint. How are the main characters in "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood constructed to represent the text's underlying values and attitudes? Fictional texts are rarely constructed to present a neutral account; instead authors construct their texts to represent particular viewpoints. These viewpoints are manifested through the author's construction of the main characters and the attitudes and values they represent. …

…his own regime, and consequently the reader is able to forgive him for his choices and thus sympathise with him due to his loss of freedom. Therefore it is clear that the reader is encouraged to adopt the viewpoint highlighting that extreme political dictatorships lead to the eventual demise of freedoms for all held to such a society, and as a result the reader is encouraged to reject such limiting regimes as detrimental to individuality.