Friday, April 17, 2009

I am so glad that we learned that Ofglen is against this society. I was worried that all the women were corrupted but at the same time i wondered how anyone could think that way. Now i am thinking that almost everyone in the society is not a believer, i bet it was just one persons idea and this lack of trust in their society is what has allowed it to continue. The Commander is another example of someone who doesn't believe in the society. I wonder how he manages to get all those illegal things, like lotion.
Another thing that i thought was kind of funny about this society is that, for the women at least, there is no issue of sexuality because they are not supposed to have any sexual attraction or sexal feelings. Therefore in theory it wouldn't matter if you didn't like men like Moira, because it is not about liking someone it is all about having children. Of course in practice this society as we would all agree doesn't really work out like that.
This chapter gives us more insight into how Offred must have felt the day things began to change and how it got to that point. I really don't understand how someone can think a ood response to the assasinations of the president and all of Congress is to take all power away from women. I see no connection there.

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