This quote reveals the oppression Offred faces. She is so restricted by the society she lives in that her thoughts are not even her own anymore. Her thoughts must be "rationed" because any of her true thoughts would be a threat to her survival. Thoughts such as escaping, of killing the Commander, or even of the world before could lead her to step out of line and out of her "role" as a Handmaid. Her thoughts must be controlled in order to please Gilead but most of all they must be controlled so she does not get executed. Although the restrictions Offred faces are great she does nothing about them. She had given up and accepted her new role in society. She does not talk about what she can do but only of what she cannot do. This shows how little
