Offred in the beginning of the book had been afraid of the power and had no control about what she wore and how she talked and everything. the power would try to scare the electric by hanging bodies on a wall by hook and showing them off with an image of what they did on their chest. this showed the electric that If you go against the powers beliefs or rules you will be punished or sentenced to death. Offred and other women have started to rebel more toward the middle of the book on where i'm at. Offred was given a choice to escape the life that she is living by getting pregnant by the doctor, she didn't deny the offer but she didn't agree to it because she was still afraid of the power and its consequences for if she did get pregnant by anyone but the commander. Other forms of rebellion is the writing on the wall by previous women that said " don't let the bastards hold you down." this is a big(excuse profanity) "fuck you" to the men in this book because the women notice that the way they are being treated is unfair even wrong. The electric are starting to notice that they have to power to change how they are being treated and they have the power to get back they're civil rights.
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