<human>:  Who is the main character in the book ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by anna ballard?
<bot>: The main character is Offred. Offred is a handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has taken over the United States. She is a handmaid because she was born a woman, and she is a handmaid because she was born a woman who was not married to a man.