Chapters 30-39

Sorry, I titled my other post 18-39 I meant 18-29....

Okay so in these chapters, the true colors of the commander is shown. At first it seemed like the commander had a little bit of sympathy for Offerd. He and Offred would secretly meet and they would play scrabble, he even brought her lotion. But we find out that he is showing Offred that he has power and he can use it anyway he wants, because he is not afraid to break a few rules here and there. The commander takes Offred out to an old hotel, he dresses her up as a wife, in the blue cloak. When he walked around the hotel, he walked around showing off Offred.

One very interesting thing happens when Offred was at the hotel. She spots Moira and she gets a chance to sit down and talk to her. Moira tells Offred about how she ended up where she is. She tells her how she went to a house where she had memorized the address from when she was at the red center. And how there was a network of people that help people escape, some them get caught and end up on the wall. Moira told Offred that she got caught and they sent her to the hotel because they saw no point in sending her back to the red center. It's sad that Offred never saw Moira again after that,

Chapters 18-39

In these chapters a lot has been revealed. One major thing that has been revealed is the beginings of the Republic  of Gilead. The republic of  Gilead started by the government taking away all the women's rights, they did not even let women spend their own money. The republic of Gilead seemed to have happened all in one day. Once they took away the power of women, they have also taken away some of the power that the men have. If the men did not have a higher power they will certainly be turned into puppets; just like Offred's boss. Offred's boss had no say when firing his female employees. Another thing that was revealed was the secret evenings Offred had with the Commander.  The Commander is the one who asks for her to come, and Offed agrees because she thinks that if she doesn't go there will be consequences. It's a little odd that the Commander wants her so that they could play games together and he brings her hand lotion and let's her read. There must be something behind all these actions. One last thing that was revealed was that Offglen is not a believer and there is a whole group of women who are not believers that Offglen belongs to. There are many things that have been revealed but there are many that are still hidden.

Everything Up To Chapter 17

Really my first thought about what I've just read is, ummm... After getting past ummm, I finnally know the main characters name which is Offred. Then after getting past her name, I realize how much this book infuriates me! One of Mr.Coltrane's questions on Moodle was about the names of the handmaid's. Two other handmaids have the names of: Ofwarren and Ofglen. I decided I'd search the names to see if the have any relation to each other, other than that they all start with "Of". When I searched each name google would divided the name into two words, so Offred would become "of Fred" , Ofwarren would become "of warren", and Ofglen would become "of glen". Then I began to realize something, in the Republic of Gilead nobody has their real name, they all have names that are given to them. The handmaid's do not get real names! Other characters like the Martha's get names like Rita and Cora. The handmaids get names that start with of, and of signifies the property of someone.

The Handmaids' Tale

I haven't gotten very far with The Handmaids' Tale, but it seems to be very interesting. Just from the first chapter I could tell that this is a dystopian novel. The narrator (I don't think her name has been mentioned yet), talks about how she is required to wear a certain color, go out at certain times, and is told who to talk to and who not to talk to. Almost every aspect of her life is being controlled and these are all signs of a dystopian society. Lots of questions are unanswered at this moment but they will be answered when I read more in the book.