This set of pages is a real eye opener in terms of what has actually happened. The way that Atwood describes the simplistic take over of the United States is quite an eye opener, it can show how easy it is for dangerous people or organizations to take power under these circumstances. Also an enduring love is developing gradually between the Commander and Offred despite her best efforts to view him as her enemy, over time she becomes accustomed to him and begins to like him. One main part that shocked me the most was when the Commander took Offred to the nightclub, in a society as constricting an totalitarian as Gilead it was very surprising to be introduced to this place.
Also it was saddening later on to actually discover Moira at the nightclub, she had lost all of her spirit and was giving up and she had accepted that this was her life now and there was no way out of this at all. This shocks and dissapoints Offred because she has always viewed Moira as a fighter and now she has seemed to give up.
