The Role Of Offred In The Handmaid's Tale

Next, Offred goes directly against the rules in the city of Gilead by maintaining the hope that her husband and daughter may still be alive. In the new dystopian city, you are taught to forget all of the life that you had before; you are meant to forget about whatever family you had before the whole world changed. Offred, however, decided that rule is not one she would like to live by. She loves her family and never gave up the dream that they could be safe, and that she may see them again one day. It is shown multiple times throughout the novel that even the smallest things can remind Offred of her daughter. “ I close my eyes, and she's there with me, suddenly, without warning, it must have been the smell of the soap.” (Atwood, 71). In addition