2. “…their red shoes, flat-heeled to save the spine and not for dancing. The red gloves…wings around my face is red: the color of blood, which defines us.” (Page 8):
Atwood uses color in the book to define characters and to depict the totalitarian state. Women in Offred’s station wear red, and they cannot be mistaken. Later in the book we learn that Offred’s daughter is now being dressed in white. The reader is able to discern that children will grow up without any reference for a different life; they will most likely accept what is presented to them as being normal and real. Offred has a memory of what life used to be like, and she can also remember being able to make her own decisions about clothing.
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