<human>:  Who is the main character in the book The Handmaid’s Tale by Adela Yates?
<bot>: The main character is Offred. Offred is a handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian society in the future. She is a handmaid because she was born a woman, and she is a handmaid because she was born a woman in the Republic of Gilead.