The chapter begins by Ofglen suggesting they go home via a different, longer route instead of going straight home. It is at this moment that Ofglen suggests that they should pass by an old church. Through the journey, Offred describes the surrounding football stadium, the boathouse, and ancient boathouse among many others echoes of their former lives. Across from the church, there is an area where individuals were executed, executed to serve as an example to the rest of the individuals in the Republic of Gilead (Atwood, 1985). Offred views the six hanging bodies with a mixture of astonishment and relief as she doesn’t see her husband there, before realizing that the victims all seem to be doctors.  The corpses had bags covering their heads, and a sign hanging around their necks, a sign adorned with pictures of fetuses. This implies that the victims were doctors, put to death for performing abortions. While staring at the bodies, Offred remembers the words of Aunt Lydia informing her that soon their life will become normal again.