Human Relationships in the Handmaid's Tale
In The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, Offred has many different relationships. Some of those relationships are with the Marthas, the Commander's Wife and the Commander himself. Offred does have a relationship that is not like the others. This relationship is with Nick, a Guardian. This relationship that Offred and Nick have together is special to Offred, but it is also very dangerous. Guardians and Handmaids are not allowed to interact with each other, if they do and they get caught, the punishment is death. However, whenever Nick and Offred are near each other, Nick tries to interact with her in some way, even if it is subtle. When Offred first notices Nick looking at her, she is unsure of herself. She wonders why he is interacting with her. She thinks it might be a test to see what she would do, or if he's just being friendly. She even thinks that he may be an Eye. Since it is forbidden for Offred and Nick to speak to each other, Offred does not know what to do about it. She feels confused about Nick and why he would do such a thing to try to interact with her."Nick walks in, nods to all three of us, looks around the room. He too takes his place behind me, standing. He's so close that the tip of his boot is touching my
She tells the reader that she does not know how it went. She refuses to go, but then Nick says "Trust me," and Offred then takes the chance to leave. It helped her survive her days in Gilead. When Offred moved her foot away from Nick's, he just moved his foot to touch it again. In the beginning, Offred did not want to have anything to do with Nick, but that changed. This appears as if Offred wants to savor the moment while it lasts. There may be many reasons why Offred does not tell the reader why she lied about the "way" she had sex with Nick. When she said, "what else comes from such denial," she thought that because the Guardians are prohibited from having a handmaid, Nick is interacting with her only to "have" a handmaid. One reason may be that what she describes to the reader is what she actually wanted to happen. Offred is not quite sure what to do at this point. The way in which she describes it, it appears that Offred is somewhat pleased that they were touching. If Offred has sex with Nick, she will get a picture of Offred's daughter. 127)Offred is thinking this when Nick found her in the sitting room in the middle of the night.
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