Put yourself in Offred’s red shoes. How would you react if you were her, and had gone through everything she had in this Salvaging section (and throughout the novel)? Ponder what you would do, and why, when offered this potential freedom/death at the end of Ch. 46: “And so I step up, into the darkness within; or else the light.” Ask yourself if you would trust Nick, or rely on Gilead to continue to be as untrustworthy, deceitful, and dangerous as it’s proven to be.

I would probably find someone I trust

Explanation:

faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.

the character has felt many emotions that are mainly focusing on negative emotions.