X. Soul Scrolls

Question 1

‘She was my oldest friend. Is.’

Answer 1

• The switch from past tense shows us that Offred does not want to let the regime change some of the most important things she had in her life before she became a Handmaid.
• Moira, her old college friend is one of them, the tense change emphasises this. We also see the same tense change when Offred talks about Luke.