As most of the handmaids would accept one’s fate in Gilead Moira wouldn’t, she represents an importance by showing difficulties in the resistance movement in totalitarianism. In Gilead women are almost irrelevant and like said in the novel “A Natural Resource” Moira has seemed to have characterized to be a woman who has ignored Gilead’s philosophy in many of ways. Moira is a strong and independent woman who is not afraid to stand one’s ground and refuses to be confined to any rules that are implied for women. Unlike the other handmaids who accept one’s fate she is rebellious and against the totalitarian system under which she is forced to live. Her personality let alone is entertaining and outrageous which is not exactly fitting into the role
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However, Moira proceeds to escape with high hopes on making it all the way to the Canada border to be free. Instead of following Gilead’s strict rules for the handmaids Moira fights to find ways to escape but would unfortunately, get caught multiple times in the novel. Although in her refusal to conform, Moira fights her way through in an uneasy escape and becomes something of a hero for Offred. Although, Moira’s first escape, when she was taken away by ambulance though a feigned sickness, shows her resourcefulness and strength of purpose. Even though she is brought back and savagely punished. Even after her first attempt, it is Moira who save by slapping her when she starts to slip over the edge warning Janine what will happen to her if she showed any possible ways of being useless. However, when Moira attacks Aunt Elizabeth and takes her uniform to escape, it seems that she has completely outsmarted the totalitarian system, and though out the novel Offred holds onto this idea saying “Moira was our fantasy…In the light of Moira, the Aunts were less fearsome and more absurd…Moira didn’t reappear. She hasn’t yet.” (Ch.22) Though, through it all, she doesn’t let them beat her into submission and instead rebels against the totalitarian …show more content…
Moira couldn't be sent back to Red Center, as her rebellious nature could be a bad influence on the other Handmaids, and was offered a choice: go to Colonies or become a prostitute at Jezebel's. Moira’s choice was to be a sex-worker at jezebels as if she even had a choice. Although Moira is mostly portrayed through flashbacks that Offred tells in the novel, Jezebels which is basically a sex worker that goes against the rules of Gilead yet its controlled by the government which makes absolutely no sense. When Offred meets Moira, this is the one thing that gave Offred the loss of hope for her as described in the book on (pg.249) As Moira becomes hopeless of escaping this reminds her of something that Offred use to be which frightens her because it seems that she wants Moira to be better than her and rise against the rules and escape Gilead. Even though Moira is strong and rebellious it shows and represents that even those who are tough can break down to but get back up much
However, Moira proceeds to escape with high hopes on making it all the way to the Canada border to be free. Instead of following Gilead’s strict rules for the handmaids Moira fights to find ways to escape but would unfortunately, get caught multiple times in the novel. Although in her refusal to conform, Moira fights her way through in an uneasy escape and becomes something of a hero for Offred. Although, Moira’s first escape, when she was taken away by ambulance though a feigned sickness, shows her resourcefulness and strength of purpose. Even though she is brought back and savagely punished. Even after her first attempt, it is Moira who save by slapping her when she starts to slip over the edge warning Janine what will happen to her if she showed any possible ways of being useless. However, when Moira attacks Aunt Elizabeth and takes her uniform to escape, it seems that she has completely outsmarted the totalitarian system, and though out the novel Offred holds onto this idea saying “Moira was our fantasy…In the light of Moira, the Aunts were less fearsome and more absurd…Moira didn’t reappear. She hasn’t yet.” (Ch.22) Though, through it all, she doesn’t let them beat her into submission and instead rebels against the totalitarian …show more content…
Moira couldn't be sent back to Red Center, as her rebellious nature could be a bad influence on the other Handmaids, and was offered a choice: go to Colonies or become a prostitute at Jezebel's. Moira’s choice was to be a sex-worker at jezebels as if she even had a choice. Although Moira is mostly portrayed through flashbacks that Offred tells in the novel, Jezebels which is basically a sex worker that goes against the rules of Gilead yet its controlled by the government which makes absolutely no sense. When Offred meets Moira, this is the one thing that gave Offred the loss of hope for her as described in the book on (pg.249) As Moira becomes hopeless of escaping this reminds her of something that Offred use to be which frightens her because it seems that she wants Moira to be better than her and rise against the rules and escape Gilead. Even though Moira is strong and rebellious it shows and represents that even those who are tough can break down to but get back up much