THT - the reliability of Offred’s narration Flashcards
1
Q
Announcements before
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“None of us want to miss lunch”
“Fishing expedition”
2
Q
What was prof. Pieixoto responsible for?
A
“Transcription, annotation and publication”
3
Q
Proof that the timeline is messed up
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“Arrangements are based on some guesswork”
4
Q
Proof that we have no idea when Offred recorded this
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“No machines or tapes would have been available to her”
5
Q
Names unreliability
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“There is a high probability that these were […] pseudonyms”
6
Q
Proof that gilead was fabricated from everything else
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“Nothing that was truly original […] to gilead” (Phillipines, prisoner camps during ww2, seventeenth century english customs)
7
Q
Pieixoto bias
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“Brilliant stroke”
