Imprisonment

Question 1

She holds my hands…

Answer 1

She holds my hands, each of mine in each of hers. this is supposed to signify that we are one flesh, one being. what it really means is that she is in control of the process and thus of the product

Question 2

A rat

Answer 2

A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere as long as it stays inside the maze

Question 3

We’ve given them more

Answer 3

We’ve given them more than we’ve taken away- Think of the human misery - commander

Question 4

there is more than one

Answer 4

there is more than one kind of freedom, freedom to and freedom from - aunt lydia

Question 5

what i really want

Answer 5

what i really want is a knife

Question 6

there were incidents

Answer 6

there were incidents in bathrooms at first; there were cuttings, drownings

Question 7

the fact is..

Answer 7

the fact is that i no longer want to leave (in reference to being with nicj)

constant dichotomy between offreds internal rebellion and acceptance

Question 8

i feel

Answer 8

i feel nothing (offred when describing her emotions as she looks at the wall of hanging people)

she has become so indoctrinated by gilead society or she chooses to ignore it for her own sanity - link to atwoods idea of writers having a moral responsibility to remember suffering

Question 9

i began to believe

Answer 9

i began to believe i was the monster he said i was (justine talking about the priest when she’s in prison)

Question 10

the time…

Answer 10

the time before

repeatedly referenced by offred during the night chapters