The body, which was originally a device of autonomy, an instrument for “transportation” and “accomplishments,” is degraded to a mere walking womb due to the totalitarian regime of Gilead. Offred calls herself a “cloud,” representing her loss of identity, dissipated into a vague memory. Now, it’s “congealed around a central object,” her womb. Her body, which was an instrument of freedom, is now degenerated and simplified into serving sexual functions. This control the state possesses over women shows the sheer level of surveillance and intrusion of Gilead. From not only political control, to now controlling the bodily sovereignty of women. With individual identity almost eradicated, Gilead ultimately creates a society in which women are just chess pieces serving their designated roles, nothing more.