Through out the Chapters 1-4 the lives of woman are strictly ruled and we find out later in the chapter that the narrators name is Offred. Woman are not allowed to talk to each other but they communicate through whispering and body languages. Two woman in authority of them are Aunt Elizabeth and Sara. Marthas wear green uniforms and Wives wear blue uniforms and the woman in red are handmaids. Strange huh? This all goes back to the term we discussed in class called dystopia. A dystopia is a community that is frightnening and undesirable like this society for example.
The story starts out with unfamiliar names such as Angels, Commanders, and Handmaid. Woman hear there names and are reminded that they are no more than a company. Offred no longer has a family nor kids. She has flashbacks to and from the past. Offren works as a handmaid at the household of the Commander and Serena Joy where in chapter 3 where Offren looks around for the Commander's Wife and does not see her but she notices the garden. She uses tons of imagery to emphasize her feelings towards it. She wonders if scarves ever get used. Why do Wives do so much knitting?
I found interesting that men in this society like Luke for example don't go by the rules. He winks at Offred therefore disobeying the rules to not talking to woman. Offred also does what she is not supposed to and flirts with some young Guardians by making eye contact and cherishing his body language. Also we see the word "Handmaid" used in Chapter 4 for the first time.
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