luke Flashcards

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remembering him

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Offred spends a lot of time remembering him, however, he often seems to be at odds with her emotions

seemed both loving and care free

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reaction to the regime

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he doesn’t seem greatly distressed when Offred loses her job and must cede all her money to him

perhaps he’s actually sexist

but then he argued about feminism with Offred’s mother

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failed escape

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leads Offred to imagine many fates for him but she never pictures him joining Gilead

she would prefer to idolize him and maintain her love for him as a kind of escape

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Offred’s past failure

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her failure to protect her daughter and stick with Luke are linked to her present failure to achieve Gilead’s demands

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