‘She’s crying helplessly, burnt-outmiserabletears.Nevertheless we are jubilant, it’s a victory…’
Janine is distraught over having her baby taken away by the Commander’s Wife.
‘She’ll never be declared an Unwoman.That is herreward.’
However Janine is rewarded for her successful birth by not being sent to the colonies - will instead repeat process in another household Emphasises how horrible the conditions in Colonies are (contaminated by toxic waste and pollution).
Prefix ‘un’ demonstrates how those who are unable to conceive children are treated inhumanely (Unwomen are lowest social class).
