The Story So Far

The handmaids tale so far has left the  readers no choice but to feel sorry for the commanders wife and offred. This is due to the fact that, they are both equally suffering some sorts of pain that they can't handle due to the society they live in and they way they are beeing controlled by the 'commander'. The commanders wife, who can't have children is only left heartbroken because during her period of time, women are supposed to be a ble to bear children for their husband but in her society, they have handmaids performing her role/duty, which is a shame because she then have to share her husband with someone else and her husband is giving love to another woman. The fact that she had to watch her husband have sex with another woman, shows some kind of punishment the society has created for anyone not being able to have children. However, offred does not really enjoy whats she is doing because she does not feel anything for the commander and she is only doing hima a favour by having a child for him. This could also because she was once inlove with a guy named luke, who she had a child with but unfortunately things didn't go too well with her and she sometimes remember all the time/memories she had with him, which is why she does not feel anything with the commander.