Offred is unaware of her daughter’s whereabouts. Their daughter was taken away from her and sent to be adopted by the higher class. Although both Luke and Offred try to leave for Canada, they are caught and separated from each other to work in Gilead. Constructed of her flashbacks, the narrative moves back and forth into Gilead, the state where she had a former paramour, Luke, who married Offred a second time after divorcing his first wife to have a child from her. This restriction of freedom, however, does not span over her shopping spree, though the Eyes, the spying agency, keeps a strict watch on all handmaids to control the rebellion. Offred is doing her job without showing her personality and emotions and has to copulate with the Commander at the end of her menstrual cycle every month in the presence of Serena, holding her. Serena Joy is a former singer of the gospel and preaches traditional values to be adhered to in Gilead. Although Offred (addition of the prefix Of- to the first name of the man she is with) is not a wife, she serves Serene Joy and her husband, Commander Fredrick Waterford. The handmaids have been employed to produce children of the elite class on account of the low birthrate. The newly formed state was militarized, gave no rights to women making them natal slaves, and are not allowed to read or possess any property. The state has just replaced the United States with its totalitarian setup through theocratic narrative. The story revolves around Offred, a handmaid, in the state of Gilead, which is a new republic.
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