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Offred In The Handmaid's Tale

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In The Handmaid’s Tale, the main character, Offred, who is a handmaid meaning that her duty is to get pregnant having intimate relations with the Commander because the wives are unable to get pregnant. A group of women are categorized into a group where they have duties and are all held under the same group being monitored by Aunts, who train the girls in what their tasks are. One day Offred and her companion, Ofglen, leave to do grocery shopping in Gilead, the setting of the story, and as they arrive at the grocery store they encounter Ofwarren, also known as Janine who is pregnant. Many of the women envy Janine because she is pregnant and as pregnant women in Gilead, they do their best to keep pregnant women safe and from not doing
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