Chapter 13-14 Flashcards
Her body
‘The amount of unfilled time’
‘Each month I watch for blood’ ‘failed’
Education
‘I read about that in the Introduction to Psychology’
Study of mind- how she survives
Friendship with Moira
‘Jeans and a blue sweatshirt’
‘God, do I need a cigarette’
Treatment of Janine
‘Gang-raped at fourteen and had an abortion’
‘Her fault’
‘She looked disgusting’
‘For a moment…we despised her’
Dreams - family
‘Luke’s wife’
‘It occurs to me he may not be alive’
‘I’m running with her holding her hand pulling’
‘Quiet I say to her angrily’
‘Shield her’
Behaviour of nick
‘Tip of his boot is touching my foot’
‘I move my foot away’
Response to propaganda
‘It could be faked’
‘Only show us victories’
Memory - family
‘My name isn’t Offred’
‘I don’t want her to feel frightened’
‘She thought we were going on a picnic’
What do we learn about the domestic hierarchy within commanders house?
Commander on large leather chair
Handmaids kneeling below wives - on chair
Martha’s and guard standing - low not needed
Symmetry
Rug ‘luxurious’
Offreds place as she sits
‘Kneeling’
Submission
Inferior
Small rebellion
‘I would like to steal something from this room’
Nick inappropriate
‘Tip of his boot is touching my foot’
Serena treating her inferior
‘She’ll put her hand on my shoulder… as if I’m a piece of furniture’
