Offred From The Handmaid's Tale

This section of the book has many weird aspects to it. There have a scene where Offred our Protagonist is seen eating and egg and enjoying it. Which may not mean much to some people but to me it it’s a representation of the small joys that Offred has as a woman in the Republic of Gilead. The most interesting parts come when Offred gets a desire to steal something from the household and encounters Nick downstairs. The very act of going downstairs is considered illegal but Offred pays not mind. Often the Author references to Offred’s gown and how flowing it is this description helping me understand just how free Offred is when she does this little things that are against routine. Well Offred goes downstairs and encounters Nick they both know …show more content…
There is also a fantasy where Offred dreams of the possibilities of her former Husband Luke being alive. During the Birth day sequence it is revealed that on this day sometimes the women of the Society of the Republic can get away with certain things, within limits as Offred says. One of those instances being when one of the wives spikes the grape juice with Alcohol. Others being able to display such emotions and crying and happiness, which doesn’t seem to be a normal occurrence in the Republic. We also learn the reward for birthing a child in the Republic, which is being safe from ever being sent to the radioactive colonies and being declared an Unwoman. The final weirdest scene in the Birth Day sequence is the scene where Offred Is leaving the birthing place in the Birthmobile. Offred describes herself as feeling empty and carrying her own phantom baby back to her Commander’s house. The whole experience serves as an intense high for all the Handmaid’s since some of them are leaking from their breast after the experience. The birthing serves as a close experience to freedom for most of the women, mostly because they know what the reward is after