"He was not a monster, to her. Probably he had some endearing trait: he whistled, off key, in the shower,he had a yen for truffles, he called his dog Liebchen and made it sit up for little pieces of raw steak. How easy it is to invent a humanity,for anyone at all, what an available temptation." pg.145
This quotation demonstrates a memory of Offred's. She remembers watching a documentary about a woman dealing with a guard. The memory emphasizes how the woman felt that her lover was not a cruel person, Offred begins to see this perspective within her own situation. As she spends more time with the commander, she starts to develop feelings for him which questions why he would seem like a decent character. Offred relates to the woman in the documentary because she finds herself dwelling on her emotions for the commander, he is the reason for constructing the unjust structure within the society they live in. In a sense the commander is a monster, he just is not a monster in Offred's eyes although he is to blame for the cruelty within the town of Gilead.
"The trouble is I can't be with him, any different than I usually am with him. Usually I am inert. Surely there must be something for us other than this fertility..." ch.39, pg.255
This quotation strongly emphasizes how Offred would like to make her and the commander's relationship something more than just a sexual attraction. The quotation suggests how gullible Offred truly is about their intimacy. Offred is living a fairytale, she is attempting to make the relationship seem real when in reality that would most likely never happen; the commander is only using her to his benefit. The quote in a sense demonstrates how Offred is alot like a puppet not to mention the commanders property. She is only utilized as a form of entertainment but yet Offred is somehow still in denial about the situation. The reader can conclude that Offred is clearly not excited about what is going to happen with the commander, however she forces herself to make the best of it and do it anyway.
