Paper 2 - Handmaids tale quotes Flashcards
“something could be exchanged, we thought…
some deal made, some trade-off, we still had our bodies.”
“the woman sitting in front of me was…
…Serena Joy. Or had been, once. So it was worse than I thought.”
“I’m ravenous for news, any kind of news…
…even if its false news, it has to mean something”
“I enjoy the power; power of…
…a dog bone, passive but there”
“freedom to and…
…freedom from”
“she is my spy…
…as I am hers.”
“all flesh…
…is weak”
“men and women tried each other one…
…casually, like suits, rejecting whatever did not fit.”
“‘don’t think it’s easy…
…for me either’ , said Aunt Lydia”
“the newspaper stories were like…
…dreams to us, bad dreams dreamt by others”
“there’s no such thing as a…
…sterile man anymore, not officially”
“my self is a thing I must now…
…compose, as one composes a speech”
“what i must present is a…
…made thing, not something born”
“I wait, washed,…
…brushed, fed, like a prize pig”
“‘It was my own fault. I…
…led them on. I deserved the pain.’”
“I am a cloud congealed around a…
…central object, the shape of a pear”
“it is an incendiary device:…
…who knows what we’d make of it, if we ever got our hands on it?”
“there wasn’t a lot of choice but…
…there was some, and this is what I chose”
“all of those women having jobs, millions. …
…It was considered the normal thing.”
“thats one of the things they…
…do. They force you to kill, within yourself.”
“‘it was no good you know, …
…it was a shredder after all.’”
