Offred is beginning to notice that the Commander is almost likeable. He seems to want Offred to like him, as she begins to. He still acts as an enforcer of rules, but he does not agree with the treatment of the handmaids. Due to their friendship, Offred is embarrassed to have sex with him. Offred continues her shopping trips.
Moira was a lesbian. It is strange to her that women used to have jobs.
Offred reminisces on the overthrow of the US government. The president and all of Congress were shot. Conditions for women steadily grew worse. She continues to reminisce through the night.
Offred and the Commander continue to grow more informal. She discovered that the former handmaid in her room had similar relations with the Commander, and she ended up hanging herself.
Offred continues to remember the day she and Luke tried to escape, and considers suicide.
The conditions that are taking place seem very unrealistic. The overthrow of the US government is a seemingly impossible task, yet it was executed successfully. As I read this, I wondered how anybody could do such a thing with such little opposition. Many governments have been overthrown throughout history, but none were as powerful and stable as the United States government.
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