![]() She tells June that she had wanted children but that Joseph disagreed, due to her unstable psychiatric condition which kept needing medication adjustments. ![]() He seems to have been an academic, writer, and public intellectual of some sort. The details of Commander Joseph Lawrence's background before Gilead are obscure. Asking for too much, taking whatever you want, damn the consequences.” - Lawrence after June had made him harbor opponents on the run Story In the past Before Gilead See also: Joseph and June, Joseph and Emily Quotes His relationship with his wife seems to be the only doorway into his humanity.Ĭommander Waterford calls Joseph Lawrence “an interesting man” and a “visionary”, who has always been hard to read yet he noticed Lawrence doesn't want to be bored. It is implied that before he met June, ethics and morality were unimportant to him, and that (like an archetypal economist) utilitarianism was all he was interested in, even if the most efficient means cause some people unspeakable suffering. The titles of his books imply that he professed utilitarian ideas contributing to the social environment which fueled Gilead's ascendancy. His attitude toward everyone else ranges from disdain to indifference to grudging benevolence. Toward his emotionally troubled wife he is extremely loving and protective. He is annoyed by lies and stupidity, and does yell from time to time, but he is never abusive. ![]() He speaks in a laconic, irreverent manner, with a subtle, dry, clever sense of humor. ![]() He also has brown eyes and wears glasses.Ĭommander Lawrence is a pensive, perceptive, often gruff man. He is tall and slightly built, with gray hair and a gray beard. Unlike most Commanders, Commander Lawrence doesn't often dress in a black suit or wear a Commander's star on his shoulder he is often seen wearing a gray scarf with his faded black outfits, which somewhat create the look of an academic. ![]()
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