Offred returns to her room and does not feel the same in her new clothes claiming that she cannot even think without her clothes on. She is mesmerized with the potential that surrounds her new apparent relationship with the Commander. After debating with herself, she comes to the realization that she is in a position to ask for things from the Commander. Recalling how Aunt Lydia described men as ‘sex machines’ that women need to learn how to control. As she gets comfortable, she recalls a documentary from her youth. The documentary was about the horrors of World War II and featured an interview with the mistress of a Nazi concentration camp survivor – thinking about how much suffering there is in the world. Everything starts to get too much for Offred and she breaks down in hysterical laughter, something that she immediately tries to hide.