The Handmaid's Tale Analysis

In the Handmaid’s Tale, it begins with Offred presenting the situation that handmaids are in. Handmaids are to not have contact with any other caste in the system. They are suppose to bare children for Commanders. The handmaids are constructed by the Aunts in the households. The Aunts carry electric cattle prods for their enforcement. However, the only people with guns are the guards. The handmaids are usually given the right to leave when going for food and they must be in pairs when shopping. Therefore, Offred is given tokens by Marthas to go pick up the food since currency isn’t used anymore. When leaving, Nick winks are Offred, but Offred doesn’t respond to him since it’s against the law, and she fears that Nick could be an Eye. Offred meets up with Ofglen to go shopping. At a checkpoint, Offred realizes …show more content…
Ofwarren is showing off her pregnancy, and Offred and Ofglen see her as lucky. When they turn back home, they take the long way home to see the Wall. The Wall is the way that Gilead maintains the control of the people. The Wall is the place where people are executed and they are examples for people not to follow. Back at home, Offred remembers about her daughter, and how she would demand to know her where abouts. However, Offred isn’t able to write down about her memories since that is forbidden. The next day that Offred and Ofglen go shopping, they see Econwives dressed in funeral apparel, and the Econwives spit at them since they don’t like handmaids. Then, once Offred comes home with the food, Rita mutters about not liking what Offred got. When Offred goes back into the room which she now claims as her own, she notices some writing in another language that she thinks is Latin. Rita was the one who knew the handmaid that lived in the same room before Offred, but she wouldn’t say why the last one didn’t work out. Then, since it’s summer, the handmaid’s are allowed to wear their summer