Sparks of Rebellion

Wherever rights are cut and people abused there will always be rebellion. Ofglen represents this rebellion. Gilead, a state with absolute control and measure taken to keep control will continue to spawn rebels such as Ofglen. In other words executions such as where Ofglen had to end a man's life to bring his suffering to an end will continue to occur. More and more rebels will be born due to the natural human feelings of desire and hope. Gilead may abolish these feelings in the weak willed, but there will always be those willing to resist. An example of this is Ofglen where she hung herself in fear of the eye approaching and the brutal torture they bring. The loss of Ofglen essentially caused Offred to give up. She contemplates suicide thinking there is no hope. Of course on a point of no return, when a vehicle representing the eye is coming to pick her up, she loses further hope. Nick however goes to Offred and tells her that these men are with the underground. Although many have been killed, there will always be rebels where there is strife.

Of course in the world we live in today this is a fact. People standing up and fighting against unequal rights has been apart of our history for so long. Think of men and woman such as Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King standing up for rights for all colored people. They saw strife and a restriction of equality and fought for against such cruel treatment. They fought when dogs were unleashed on them, when churches and homes were bombed, when fellow brother were hung from trees, they still fought. They fought until they won. This book shows that even in absolute hopelessness, the human spirit to fight against what is wrong will always be present.