Chapter 15-17 Flashcards
The commander has on his black uniforms in which he looks like a museum guard
Women are objects - guard
Less powerful
Preserving history
Black - evil corruption devil
‘We can be read from it, by him, but we cannot read’
We is women
He has all power
Him alone has more power than we
He can be selective of what he is reading
He himself puts them on [women] like a sock over his foot, onto the stub of himself
Casual
Routine
Lack of power women had
‘Still it must be hell, to be a man like that.
It must be fine
It must be hell
It must be very silent
Lonely
Sarcasm
We lean towards him a little, iron fillings to his magnet
No choice
Lean- depend
He has power
You’re spoiled girls
Aunty Latisha
Irony
What he is fucking is the lower part of my body
Fucking - no love
Lower part of my body - detaches self
The commander fucks with a regular two-four marching stroke, on and on like a tap dripping
She doesn’t like it
No love
Regiment
Tap dripping - disturbance
We are containers, it’s only the insides of our bodies that are important
Outsides can be old and wrinkly
I want Luke here so badly, I want to be held and told my name
Loss of identity
So important to her
I want to steal something
As gilead is so comformant
How does everyone react to the ceremony
Serena
‘She has begun to cry’
‘You can get up now’
Offred
‘One detaches oneself’
Commander
‘He rests a moment, withdraws..’
Asyndetic listing - chore
Nick significance
Offred goes to ‘steal’ something from living room
He too is illegal
His mouth on mine
Sexual and passionate
Nicks real reason for approaching Offred
To tell her commander wants to se her next day
Unknown woman
‘I’m communing with her’
‘Unknown woman’
