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The Role Of Commanders In Margaret Atwood’s Novel, The Handmaid’s Tale In Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, it is interesting to observe the role in society that the commander’s are given which is to work and impregnate handmaids. Although handmaids are very bluntly “used” for one purpose (having children), commanders have the “duty” to make them pregnant, which is possibly an equally disrespectable purpose. Since many of the commanders are older men, it’s probably harder for them to impregnate the handmaids. There is also proof they have long, hard work days, as Atwood puts it, “He works long hours. He has a lot of responsibilities.” (Atwood, 90). Atwood goes as far as showing sympathy to the commander and his role in society, and how in a sense he is mocked atwood, handmaids, role, novel, man, interesting, impregnate, commanders, work, women, very, society, purpose, possibly, must, long, less, commander, although, works, word-sterile, watched, treatment, thought, tale, sympathy, sympathize, sweet, strange, sour, sizing, showing, sex, sense, says