Offreds dreams
To be held, told her name, and be valued/loved.
"With a pink head or a snout like a dog's"
Offred
Darkness and isolation
What color is the Birthmobile?
Red
simile
In the begging of chapter 19, who runs up to Offred for a hug?
Her daughter
" God knows what they've put him in"
Offred
Offred so very focused on listening to the small sounds of the house. What does this symbolize?
Fear and awareness and staying on the lookout.
Why does Aunt Lydia want the girls to think of themselves as pearls?
Because pearls are formed through pain so she makes it sound like suffering is necessary and meaningful and that their value comes from having kids instead of having freedoms.
"Maybe you light up in the dark, like an old fashioned watch".
Simile
Her mother
"Make way, make way!"
Siren of birthmobile
In the begging of chapter 19, what does Offred symbolize god and pleasure to look like?
An egg
why do the Handmaids not care about how the girls look on the outside.
They think it is irrelevant since they only care about their ability to have children
"Myself is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech".
Metaphor
His hand on her pregnant belly with a thunderstorm happening outside.
"We want you to be valued, girls"
Aunt Lydia
"The night is mine, my own time, to do with as I will" What does Night time symbolize for Offred?
Freedom and rebellion
What type of machines are out-lawd?
Sea section machines
"What am I doing lying in this bed"?
Rhetorical question
They allow her to escape reality and go back in time to freedom in her mind
"The greater the risk the greater the reward"
Aunt Lydia
What do you think Nick's behavior when running into Offred at night symbolizes?
A taste of freedom, temptation, and rebellion
Why won't the Handmaids let the girls have sugar
"Night falls. Or rather, it's here".
Personification