When Offred attends the Salvaging, the mass execution of unorthodox people, she is very disengaged. After the Handmaids participate in hanging the unorthodox people holding the rope that hangs them, they are asked to beat up a man that has raped a woman. All the women attack the man except for Offred who says, “I know that whatever he’s done I can’t touch him” (Atwood 279). Offred throughout the story spends time with the Commander, even though they are only supposed to be with each other during the Ceremony. When she is with the Commander she reads, puts on makeup, is given gifts, plays scrabble, and wears different clothing items, all which are unorthodox events. Offred also has sexual relations with Nick to try to conceive a child, which is another unorthodox act. Serena, the Commander’s wife, suggests, “Maybe you should try it another way… Another man… I was thinking of Nick” (Atwood 205). Offred agrees to the idea, but her and Nick’s sexual relations sparks feelings for one another, which is yet another unorthodox act. Offred speaks of her unorthodoxy with a few people, one of them being
When Offred attends the Salvaging, the mass execution of unorthodox people, she is very disengaged. After the Handmaids participate in hanging the unorthodox people holding the rope that hangs them, they are asked to beat up a man that has raped a woman. All the women attack the man except for Offred who says, “I know that whatever he’s done I can’t touch him” (Atwood 279). Offred throughout the story spends time with the Commander, even though they are only supposed to be with each other during the Ceremony. When she is with the Commander she reads, puts on makeup, is given gifts, plays scrabble, and wears different clothing items, all which are unorthodox events. Offred also has sexual relations with Nick to try to conceive a child, which is another unorthodox act. Serena, the Commander’s wife, suggests, “Maybe you should try it another way… Another man… I was thinking of Nick” (Atwood 205). Offred agrees to the idea, but her and Nick’s sexual relations sparks feelings for one another, which is yet another unorthodox act. Offred speaks of her unorthodoxy with a few people, one of them being