Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood - Book Report/Review Example

When Gilead took over, women's rights were cracked down which forced Luke and Offred to flee to Canada. Unfortunately, they were caught on the border and Offred was separated from Luke and her daughter. After her capture, she was sent to Red Center which was a place where women were transformed into handmaids. Then she was assigned to the Commander’s house where she had to do sex with him every month and frequently visit the doctor. Once, on her visit to the doctor, she was offered by the doctor to have sex with him in order to get pregnant because the Commander seemed to be infertile.

This offer was turned down by Offred. Gradually, she began spending time with her Commander and was engaged in an affair with him. The wife of her Commander asked Offred to have sex with Nick, their Gardner, and hand over her child to Commander’s family. Offred accepted the offer. Nick and Offred got into a relationship and frequently slept together. MayDay, an underground group working for the fall of Gilead, helped Offred to escape from her Commander. The novel closes with an event from 2195 where Gilead has fallen and Offred has possibilities of escaping to England, Canada, or getting recaptured.