At the beginning, the reader gets a sense of some post-war dystopia feeling as the setting of a nostalgic setting turned into a prison begins to unveil. Here is when the reader first learns about the main character, Offred. Offred is a female and as the story goes on, the reader finds that she is what is called a “Handmaid”. The purpose of her role, to be a vessel to bear a child for the Commander. Offred begins in a very oppressive setting, with Aunts who have weapons and indoctrinate the society's ideals into her. As the story progresses, the reader sees that Offred is sent to a home with a Commander and his wife, of course to bear their children. She must stay there for at most 2 years or until a child is born for the Commander. The Commander