Blog assignment 8

In chapter 38 of The Handmaid's Tale we learn that Moira has tried to escape from the red center a few times in the past. One time she was really successful and managed to make it very far away from the Red Center, but just as it seems she was going get over the border and get away with escaping there is a problem and she gets busted. The Eyes beat her and tortured her. They tell her that she can not go back to the Red Center because basically she was too much of a problem so they gave her an option to either go off to a place called the colonies or work at a place called Jezebel's as prostitute for the commanders that come in. The Eyes also show her a video of what the colonies are like. They are places where they send unwanted or unneeded women to clean up dead bodies after battles and clean up poisonous radioactive chemicals without any kind of protection which means they will likely die in only a few years. So Moira chooses to be taken to Jezebel's to work as a prostitute for the rest of her life. She makes up these weird reasons for why she thinks that Jezebel's is a better place to work, like the women live a little longer in there, the food is not that bad and they give hand lotion to the women working there. I feel that Moira represents the people who stand up for what they truly believe in or for what they believe is morally right.  She is rebelling against the power that is trying to suppress her. She stands up for what she really believes to be good not only for her but for all woman and all humans and does not back down for a long time even when she is being beaten as punishment. I think what Margaret Atwood is trying to tell the reader is that even somebody who really fights for what they believe can be broken down.  Moira had her spirit broken and she gave in and worked at the prostitute house for the commanders and actually said it wasn't a bad place.  It may have been better than the alternative of working in the colonies, but not by much.  In my opinion she was still fighting to go on otherwise she would have opted for the colonies and wanted to die sooner.