Letting Their True Colors Shine

So, near the end of the story, a salvaging is described in detail when Offred and everyone else are forced to go to one. To be honest, most of it was not as surprising as I thought it would be. Naturally, people had to be executed somehow in order to get onto the wall and the salvaging initially seemed like a normal way to accomplish this. However, this all changed when the alleged rapist was executed. I found it shocking that all of the handmaids charged out to tear the prisoner apart with no mercy. Ofglen seemed to be the only sane person besides Offred during the ordeal since she knocked the poor guy out immediately although we find out later that she most likely committed suicide to prevent capture. Anyhow, just the idea of these normally civil and complacent women tearing a person limb from limb show that some things about human nature can’t be erased from the subconscious completely. On a side note, no wonder they wear red.