They were punishing her for not wanting to raise a baby with a man that sexually abused her which his absurd because no one would want to. The aunts made her feel bad about herself and her decisions while torturing her by putting her in front of all the handmaids. The aunts did not shown any sympathy for Janine after knowing she had to go through the pain of being raped. The aunts instead made Janine feel bad and ashamed about it even thought it was not her fault. Another way the reader should not feel sympathy for the aunts is because they torture the handmaids if they do something that the aunts do not like. Moira was miserable living in a gym where she had gotten all of her rights taken away and trained to be a handmaid, so she came up with a plan to escape. Moira did not make it very far in her attempted escape before she got caught by the aunts and sent to a science lab. In this science lab Moira’s hands and feet were smashed to the point where she could not use them. While the handmaids watched Moira being dragged out of the science lab aunt Lydia told them, “Remember, said Aunt Lydia. For our purposes your feet and your hands are not essential” (93). This was
They were punishing her for not wanting to raise a baby with a man that sexually abused her which his absurd because no one would want to. The aunts made her feel bad about herself and her decisions while torturing her by putting her in front of all the handmaids. The aunts did not shown any sympathy for Janine after knowing she had to go through the pain of being raped. The aunts instead made Janine feel bad and ashamed about it even thought it was not her fault. Another way the reader should not feel sympathy for the aunts is because they torture the handmaids if they do something that the aunts do not like. Moira was miserable living in a gym where she had gotten all of her rights taken away and trained to be a handmaid, so she came up with a plan to escape. Moira did not make it very far in her attempted escape before she got caught by the aunts and sent to a science lab. In this science lab Moira’s hands and feet were smashed to the point where she could not use them. While the handmaids watched Moira being dragged out of the science lab aunt Lydia told them, “Remember, said Aunt Lydia. For our purposes your feet and your hands are not essential” (93). This was