Handmaid language
daily double: my office is in this room.
LAP 222
The novel was written in response to this manifesto for second-wave feminism
Feminine Mystique
The night where everything changes, women lose their rights as citizens, and the government is overthrown reflects this historical event.
what is kristelnacht? Night of Broken Glass
This historical figure visited Stepford and most likely sparked the "Stepford Wife" project as a backlash
Who is Betty Friedan?
this type of thesis predicts the organization of a paper.
What is a blueprint thesis?
Eyes and Salvagings and gender traitors are examples of words that are familiar to us but are used in new ways which are referred to as this.
Neologisms. This language is familiar to readers but using it in a different way helps to engage the reader in the current world while also making us pay attention to the changes. New words help to establish order and structure in a new regime.
The novel uses weather to foreshadow or mirror emotional events which is referred to as this.
What is pathetic fallacy?
This location in the novel reflects a historical event: Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union, commonly known as the Gulag, were forced to mine uranium for the Soviet’s nuclear weapons
What is the Colonies?
those who tried to escape, rebel or who were gender traitors were sent here
This character reflects the many male artists who shamelessly employ women as muses/models.
Who is Ike Mazzard?
This is the delicious term I use for when quotes need introductions, evidence, and analysis.
quote sandwiches
The following quote is an example of this and its significant for this reason:“I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a made thing, not something born.”
What is language musing?
The following quote is an allusion to what historical event: "I think there's something in the water that turns us into house fraus"
the understanding of water pollution from pesticides, specifically the publication of Silent Spring
The scene where the women point and chant at Jeanine is reflective of this historical event.
What is the Salem witch trials?
Dale Coba's nickname is also referred to as ______ which is significant for this reason.
Diz is a stand in for Walt Disney who was the father of animatronics
** also Disney cultivates many of our unrealistic gendered expectations
Indicate the error in this citation: Zeleny suggests that the scene with Joanna and the photograph is an excellent example of exploitation (Zeleny 22).
Do not need Zeleny in citation since it's in the introduction language
This type of language is often taken out of context and makes the speaker appear to have credibility ordained by God. Give ONE example.
biblical language - blessed be the fruit, blessed be the meek, may the Lord open
bell hooks had these two complaints about second wave feminism.
excluding black women AND excluding individuals who were not middle class
This law passed in Romania which stated that women needed to have children and that abortion and contraception was illegal echoes this historic event.
What is degree 770?
Serena Joy is actually modeled off of this real life figure.
Phyllis Schlafly.
This is missing in the citation: "Green Jackets and Politics: Men's Clubs in America," vol.5, no. 2, 2021. pp. 82-96.
What is the journal title?
Econowives and unbabies and Offred are examples of this type of language which serve this purpose.
Neologisms and these words dehumanize women and children to justify their function instead of their value as individuals.
Ira Levin's father had this profession.
what is toymaker?
The kidnapping of children and forcing them to certain schools is reminiscent of this historical event.
What is the Indian Adoption Project?
This black female character introduced at the end of the novel had this profession.
Ruthanne, children's illustrator
daily double: What are the rules for a block quote?(how many lines, correct formatting and correct punctuation)
4 lines or longer, each line double-indented, no quotation marks