SPOILERS

The thing that disturbed me the most of the Republic of Gilead is, the future of it. It seemed everyone was living their day to simply be living it, to continue their species. There was no pleasure, no fun, no recreation, just living your life to do the duty that was assigned to you. Offred has to live her life as a handmaid, but what about after. What if she had a baby, but then couldn't produce any more? She would not be sent to the colonies, but where would she go? Would she be free to live her life as she chose? Could she find a new love, maybe live with Nick and start a new family? In my opinion this government would not allow her, they would force to be some sort of ecnowife or some other form of slavery. I guess my point is, what is the point? It seems no character in the novel does anything for themselves. There is a slight mention of the upper class going golfing, but even then its government approved fun. Towards the end of the novel as we begin to discover Offred really is pregnant with Nick, you wonder what next? These two have found some sort of happiness in this world devoid of it and after Offred gives birth, will she just be shipped off to continue to bear children for old men? Will she again be forced to abandoned the ones she loves for the sake of this new government which has given her nothing in return? In the end there is of course hope for Offred, but what about the countless of other people in her situation. How can a government run with so many under its power so depressed? The answer to that it to install fear in them, but its only a matter of time, as we learn in the Historical notes, before this government falls. I like to imagine it falls due to an uprising, some people standing against what is happening. But alas, we will never know.