THT- Offred’s resistance

Question 1

Quote evidence of Offred’s active will to resist Gildead’s oppression

Answer 1

“I intend to last”

Question 2

Quote evidence of Offred’s external resistance with the guard

Answer 2

“Such moments are possibilities”
“I enjoy the power”

Question 3

Quote evidence that Offred believes that she will escape Gilead

Answer 3

“ So I will have enough [sanity] when the time comes”

“There will be an ending to this story and real life will come after it”

“I intend to get out of here”

Question 4

Quote evidence of Offred’s internal resistance In recalling the past
1) her name
2) what the past was like
3) her mind

Answer 4

“It does matter” (her name)

“It has taken so little time to change our minds” (Jap. Tourists)

“That was freedom”

“I need to be very clear, in my own mind”

“Without it (affection) I too am disembodied’

Question 5

Offred having thoughts about her physical location

Answer 5

The night is mine

I could burn the house down

I called it mine

Question 6

Moira resistance in the RED centre and what she represented

Answer 6

“Moira was our fantasy”
“Bad reputation”

Question 7

Proof of Offred’s resistance: communication

Answer 7

“Im ravenous for news”

“Through the hole in the wall”

Question 8

Noticing of small things

Answer 8

“Big bellied sails”
Household… the house is what {the commander} holds

Question 9

What four parts of Offred’s thinking can be used to argue that she retains variety of perception and thought? Quote evidence for each

Answer 9

-> preservation of past memories (daughter, Luke “periodically throw them out”, nervously- waiting in a hotel room etc.

-> retains alternate versions of the narrative (Luke fate)
‘Lying face down in a thicket” “believe in all of them at once

-> retains knowledge (song), pictures, discussions, WORDS): - - It’s French, he said. From m’aidez./Fraternize: no sororize
- Nazi germany and

-> a sense of existence of beauty and a multitude of possibilities (the red of the smile is the same as the red of Serena Joy’s tulips” “each thing is valid and really there”) no one dimensionality to the world

Question 10

Proof that she actively aims to do the 4 things

Answer 10

I put a lot of effort into making such distinctions

Question 11

Who does Offred share her resistance with?

Answer 11

Nick and commander. Both questionable.