timeline of handmaids Flashcards
what is the first scene we see from Offred’s life?
her mother being involved in feminist demonstrations
what is the second scene we see from Offred’s life?
her and moira as young women in college
what is the third scene we see from offred’s life?
her marriage to luke
what is the first sign something is changing within the government?
Offred and all women are blocked from their compucard numbers and banks
what happens in the same day she discovers she’s been locked out of her bank?
she is fired from her work as a librarian
what is the next step for offred’s family after finding out what is happening?
attempt to escape gilead
what are the final scenes from offred’s life before the red centre?
her and her child being chased and seperated
being shown a photo of her daughter while in a hospital
what is something that happens before offred is sent to the red centre that she is not aware of until much later?
her mother is sent to the colonies
what is the first event that occurs at the red centre?
moira is brought back to the red centre after failing to escape
what is the second event that happens at the red centre?
janine is ‘derided’ and psychologically abused in ‘lessons’
what is the third event that happens at the red centre?
moira escapes again by stealing the uniform of an aunt
what is the final event that occurs while offred is still at the red centre?
moira is re-caputred and taken to the jezabels
what is the first occurence while offred is at the commander’s house?
offred and ofglen go on their first shopping trip together and encounter pregnant janine, japanese tourists and look at the bodies hanging from the wall
what is the second event from the commander’s house once offred discovers something in her bedroom?
discovering her predecessor wrote ‘nolite te bastardes carborundurum’ in her wardrobe
what is the third event from the commander’s room as offred makes another discovery?
offred finds out the handmaid before her killed herself
what is the fourth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
offred visits the doctors for a check up, he offers to help her with her pregnancy
what is the fifth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
offred partakes in a ceremony involving the commander and his wife
what is the sixth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
offred attends a birth day ceremony
what is the seventh event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
the commander invites offred to his office and they play scrabble together
what is the eighth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
the commander touches offred’s face during a ceremony
what is the ninth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
ofglen asks offred about her loyalty to the regime and introduces her to the mayday movement
what is the tenth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
serena joy shows offred a picture of her child
what is the eleventh event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
serena joy offers offred to sleep with nick to become pregnant
what is the twelfth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
offred attends a prayvaganza
what is the thirteenth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
the commander takes offred to the jezabels
what is the fourteenth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
offred becomes the mistress of nick and falls in love with him
what is the fifteenth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
offred attends a salvaging which is turned into a particicution of a resistance member
what is the sixteenth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
ofglen is replaced by a woman who tells offred she is not part of the resistance movement
what is the seventeenth event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
serena joy finds out offred and the commander have had friendly/flirty relations
what is the final event of offred’s time at the commander’s house?
offred is taken away in a black van which she is told belongs to the resistance movement
what is the final scene of the book?
offred’s recordings have been put to use in a university gileadean studies class
