The more I think about it I realized Atwood incorporated a lot of historical events in the book. The Holocaust (the Jews), the underground railroad (trying to sneak Moira out by bringing her house to house) and the Salem Witch Trails (they hang people on the wall when they are accused of something), terrorism, etc. I find it kind of fun trying to find the connections between the book and reality.
When the Commander brought Offred to Jezebel, my opinion of him changed. Before I thought he might actually be a decent guy, but after that I find him kind of repulsive and annoying. The Commander is a jerk for using Offred like that. I guess he never really cared for her either, he is selfish just like Serena Joy.
I was not really surprised when Moira showed up again, although I did not expect her the be so accepting of her current situation. Even though she did succeed in escaping once, after two fail attempts, maybe she just accepted the fact that she cannot run away from the lifestyle.
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Paula, I love how you are trying to find the connections here - that is one technique Atwood is definitely uses, and I agree, is kind of a fun puzzle!
ReplyDeleteyou're right paula! she does indeed draw upon historical events a lot. so i guess it is quite useful to have taken history courses, right!? :) i thought of the holocaust and the underground railroad too when i read those parts!
ReplyDeleteanyway, i thought he would be a decent guy too! it was like he was offred's savior... too bad he's turned out to be just like all the other commanders.
it's sad that moira submitted to that kind of treatment! she seemed to have a lot of spunk in her... sucks that she gave up.