Offred is the narrator and the protagonist of the Handmaid's Tale. As of now we've seen Offred holds her own individuality. She's not a crybaby like Janine or no an out and out rebel like Moira. She is strictly manipulating her world in the little ways she can for example, when she was out shopping and she makes eye contact with the Guardian even though Guardians are stricly forbidden from looking at Handmaid's. Also when she's playing Scrabble with the Commander and she knows it is not the right thing. We see right away that every character in the Handmaid's Tale does not follow by the rules and so we ask ourselves why do they set rules in the first place if they aren't being used the right way.
Some facts to Offred for example her age, hair color, height are mentioned in the book but she doesn't mention her eye color. Weird huh? In the end, eye color can't mean the same thing to everyone. It is based on your personal experience and on your past. For example if Luke's eyes were to be brown Offred would look at someone else's brown eyes and be able to associate them with that time of sweet, innocent, carefree.
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