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THT p. 79-127 - Coggle Diagram
THT p. 79-127
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The Commander
The Commander is a rebel? He seems to be willing to break the rules, but does that make him a rebel?
Yes?
Maybe he's actually trying to help, maybe he doesn't want to go along with things exactly.
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Offred
Hope: she is waiting for her world to change, without knowing that it will (there's also a pillow labeled "Faith" in her bedroom)
Nick
We see him approaching her: first, with his foot (while waiting for the ceremony to begin), and then later when they run into each in the sitting room after the ceremony. He kisses her -- they are both in trouble, they are both not supposed to be there.
There is mutual attraction, but it is also forbidden for them to be there (but why is Nick there???????)
Nick is there because he is delivering a message from the Commander. Is the Commander supposed to be delivering messages like this? No...and we've already seen him waiting outside of Offred's room, which he's not supposed to do.
Moira
Who is Moira?
Tries to escape from the Rachel & Leah Center by faking being sick, and they take her away and torture her by hitting her feet with a cable
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Fertility/Birth
We learn in this section that there has been an environmental catastrophe, and that fertility rates declined by a lot
Handmaids are literally objectified: they are turned into vessels for the production of children, and nothing else
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The Ceremony
p. 94-95: "My red skirt is hitched up to my waist, though no higher. Below it the Commander is fucking. What he is fucking is the lower part of my body. [...] This is not recreation, even for the Commander. This is serious business. The Commander, too, is doing his duty."
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