When Offred learns the meaning of the Latin phrase in her cupboard, what else does she learn? As readers, how do you feel about these moments of revelation? Are you shocked? Disappointed? Excited? Something else?
Alyssa
George
Michael
Alyssa and George thought that the events that took place changed Offred from this over cautious woman to someone who doesn't care about what happens. Which happens when we learn that there have been other mistresses with the Commander, because of knowing that there were other women Offred doesn't feel important which reflects toward her lack of emotion in the next chapters. We were all shocked by the Commander admitting that he's done this thing before but after reading a bit more we start to understand that he is the type of guy to do this mainly because he wants love and miserable Serena Joy won't love him then he'll have to find out who does. Another thing that we all agreed on was that it was nice to see a woman have power, this happens when she realizes that the Commander likes her but that is something she can exploit with the threat of her own death. After the discussion I end up agreeing with what Alyssa and George had to say especially with Offred not caring about what happens anymore, but this change also makes her more talkative to others especially Offglenn. This could mainly be a factor in the "she doesn't care what happens" standard that she has. She doesn't care about no talking rules, so she doesn't obey them. She cares enough not to do something to get her killed of course, but she's stopped following the little precautions she has set for herself
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