Handmaids Chapter 1 Summary
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4. Readers get the impression that this new society is still in the settling-in period by having Alma, Janine, Dolores, Moria, and June are in training to becoming Handmaids (4). Offered mentions that the quote that is mentioned in question fourteen for section one. Offred mentioned that she learned to whisper and touch each other’s hands across space (4). Offred also mentions that the first time that she meets the Commander’s wife was five weeks ago when Offred first arrived at this posting (13). Offred mentions, “On first days we are permitted front doors, but after that, we’re supposed to use the back. Things haven’t settled down, it’s too soon, everyone is unsure about our exact status. After a while, it will be either all front doors or all back.” (13).
Chapters 14-24
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Chapters 25-35
The US government was taken over and women lost their rights by women used to have jobs and Offred´s job was to transfer books to computer disks at the local library (173). The government was taken over by Islamic fanatics when they shot the president and machine-gunned Congress and the army declared a state of emergency (174). The constitution was suspended, newspapers were censored and some newspapers closed down (174). Then a couple of months later, Offred was married and her daughter was about four years old (175). Then Offred went to the gas station to purchase cigarettes and discovered that her debit card was frozen (175). When Offred went back to her job her boss ordered all of the women …show more content…
Chapters 36-end
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2. Moria´s story was that after she left Aunt Elizabeth behind the furnace, she worn the brown dress and walked through the gates and pretended that she knew where she was going (244). Moria passed the first checkpoint by having a stiff posture, a frown on her face, and her lips pursed (244). This story is also similar to the slave trade and the underground railroad because Moria mentioned that female railroad
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4. Readers get the impression that this new society is still in the settling-in period by having Alma, Janine, Dolores, Moria, and June are in training to becoming Handmaids (4). Offered mentions that the quote that is mentioned in question fourteen for section one. Offred mentioned that she learned to whisper and touch each other’s hands across space (4). Offred also mentions that the first time that she meets the Commander’s wife was five weeks ago when Offred first arrived at this posting (13). Offred mentions, “On first days we are permitted front doors, but after that, we’re supposed to use the back. Things haven’t settled down, it’s too soon, everyone is unsure about our exact status. After a while, it will be either all front doors or all back.” (13).
Chapters 14-24
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Chapters 25-35
The US government was taken over and women lost their rights by women used to have jobs and Offred´s job was to transfer books to computer disks at the local library (173). The government was taken over by Islamic fanatics when they shot the president and machine-gunned Congress and the army declared a state of emergency (174). The constitution was suspended, newspapers were censored and some newspapers closed down (174). Then a couple of months later, Offred was married and her daughter was about four years old (175). Then Offred went to the gas station to purchase cigarettes and discovered that her debit card was frozen (175). When Offred went back to her job her boss ordered all of the women …show more content…
Chapters 36-end
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2. Moria´s story was that after she left Aunt Elizabeth behind the furnace, she worn the brown dress and walked through the gates and pretended that she knew where she was going (244). Moria passed the first checkpoint by having a stiff posture, a frown on her face, and her lips pursed (244). This story is also similar to the slave trade and the underground railroad because Moria mentioned that female railroad
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Historical