The Handmaid's Tale pages 151-195

Offred begins to reveal how the society came to be. The transistion seemed rather sudden. She explains how one day she went to buy cigarrettes at the store on the corner and her card number was rejected even though she had thousands of dollars in there. Soon after that instance, she describes how she was let go from, her job. Offred still visits the commander frequently. He has began to let her read and on the last visit they even had a conversation. Offred finally learns what the Latin phrase means, "don't let the bastards grind you down." The comander sees it as an old joke he used to use when he was younger but Offred sees how it makes perfect sense in the circumstances. When the Commander asks if there is anything else she would like Offred responds, "I would like to know" "Whatever there is to know" "What's going on." At the end of this section we see Offred beginning to pray, pray for help. We see Offred evolving so much in this section she is becoming stronger and has an urge to make a difference.