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The Pit Of Obstacles In The Handmaid's Tale

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The protagonist handmaid, Offred finds herself submerging into a pit of obstacles. A pit, that stations itself in the ruins of the Republic of Gilead, where all the handmaids (like Offred herself) are used for one single purpose, getting pregnant. Offred gets assigned to the home of the Commander and his “particular” wife, Serena Joy. Upon entering the scene in this fragile marriage, Offred first meets the Commander’s wife. In doing so, she over-analysis the different tasks Joy does as in taking care of the garden and having a somewhat “privilege” to knit. With the very dominant to unlikable interaction they had on Offred’s first day from Joy’s part, Offred seeks to not surprise herself in another unpleasing encounter. Hence, she tries to look

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