Offred hopes to have a child soon. She meets the Commander in his office, and he simply asks her to play a game of Scrabble. Before Offred leaves, the Commander asks her for a kiss. He is dissappointed, because he wanted her to kiss him.
The following day, Offred decides to forget her past and her old name. She decides to live in the present. She has always been taught that men are sex machines, and they should be manipulated with sex. She recalls a Holocaust documentary, and it gives her an idea to escape. She falls asleep on the floor with her head in the closet.
When she discovers Offred on the floor asleep, Cora screams and breaks her dishes. She covers for her, saying she fainted. Offred continues to meet the Commander at night, and the Commander makes no further physical advances.
Due to the conditions, Offred insists that she must forget her past. This would be a very upsetting situation. She has had everything taken away, and the only way she can find any relief is to betray everything she had before the republic.
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