Offred talks about her daily life remembering things from the past or imagining where her family might be now. She participates in a ceremony where she lies down on the Wife while holding her hand and has sex with the Commander. Offred also stole butter from her meals and hid it in her shoe to use a lotion because handmaids aren't allowed to use beauty products. She also stole a flower from the living room which makes her feel like she has control of something and puts it in her mattress. Nick is there and tells her to meet up with the Commander in his office. She meets up with him and they play games and read magazines. They do this regularly and keep it a secret from the Wife. Serena asks Offred to have sex with Nick so she can have a baby and offers Offred's daughter's picture. Offrend ends up sleeping with Nick multiple times because she likes him. Janine goes into labor and Offred goes there with other handmaids. During that chapter, Offred explains how women have a one in four chance to give birth to a healthy baby. Offred also explains how Moira escaped from the Red Center. Offred also goes off to this hotel with the Commander and finds Moira there. They talk and she explains what happened to her. Offred goes back home and eventually the relationship between her and the Commander is found out by the Wife.
Some similarities I see in the book with the world I live in today are the power imbalances between people in different rankings and that power being used for their own greed or desires. In the book, the Wife uses her connections with the Black Market and other households to convince Offred to have sex with Nick even though it might get her killed if she is found out. This kind of power in real life can take many forms including fame, wealth and political influence. A theme this book has is wanting something you can't have. Offred keeps having these flashbacks of her life before when she was with her family, mom, and Moira. She also goes on about how she wishes could speak to Ofglen without getting caught and have more freedom. Also towards the end she talks about how she wants to be safe with Nick but its impossible. I think this is a theme that everyone can relate with even if it isn't as heavy or depressing as the examples used in the book. I thought the book was very interesting. I made me think about how our society is like now and how different and similar it is to the one in the book. I would recommend this to a friend because I think reading about dystopian novels is a great way to see things from a different perspective. I will be commenting on Sydney and Mariana's blog posts.
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Mariana Alvarez
6/14/2018 03:13:50 pm
Great job Maddi, as always! I can't believe this is your last blog post, I really loved reading all three of them, great job. I loved reading where you where on your reading and the similarities you made to the real world today and the theme or themes that you found in the reading. I agree with you that people should read this book and also what did you think of the book overall and what did you think of the ending?
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