![]() ![]() The entirety of her independence has been striped away from her. Hope and happiness are few are far between and Offred only just makes it from day to day in her life. The tone throughout The Handmaid’s Tale is bleak. The Historical Notes from Professor Pieixoto conclude the novel.Nick tells Offred that the resistance is there to take her away.Serena discovers Offred went to the club with the Commander.A Salvaging occurs and Ofglen disappears.Serena takes Offred to Nick so that they might have sex and conceive a child.The Commander takes Offred to the club for commanders.The Commander explains his feelings about gender roles to Offred.Offred recalls attempting to escape with Luke.The Commander gives Offred a magazine to read.The Commander and Offred play Scrabble in his office.Offred and the other Handmaids attend a birth and she recalls Moira’s escape.Offred worries about what happened to her husband, Luke.She kisses Nick and he tells her that the Commander wants to see her tomorrow in his office.Offred steals a daffodil from downstairs and leaves it pressed under her mattress.She spends time recalling her own life and Nick breaks the rules by speaking to her. ![]() Offred remembers Aunt Lydia’s words at the Red Center. ![]()
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