Biblical Allusions
The name of the garden where Adam & Eve lived before the fall
Eden
Where Offred finds the phrase "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"
In the closet of her room
The gift that Travis buys Mama
An extravagant gardening hat
The first thing that Winston writes in his diary
April 4th, 1984
to limit the scope of a claim; to specify which cases or kinds a claim does/doesn't apply to
qualify
In the creation myth, number of days in which God created the world
7
a phrase that Handmaids are expected to say after hearing positive news about Gilead that expresses obedience
"praise be"
The name of the organization that Karl Lindner represents
the Clybourne Park Improvement Association
The 3 Party slogans
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength
a cultural movement following WWII that favors pluralism and rejects grand historical narratives, scientific progress, ideology, objectivity, and claims of privileged access to true knowledge of reality
postmodernism
The character that deceives Eve about the consequences of eating the fruit
serpent
A sect of Christians who aide people escaping from Gilead
Quakers
Two different definitions of "life" asserted by Walter and Mama
money and freedom
The Newspeak word for dissent expressed in one's facial expression
facecrime
viewing the world in terms of human values and experience
anthropocentric
The names of biblical characters that appear in the full official name of the "Red Center" in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
Rachel and Leah
The name of the deli where people purchase meat in Gildead
All Flesh
A brief summary of the anecdote told by Beneatha that made her want to be a doctor
When she saw a boy "split his head open" while playing in snow and later return from the hospital with stitches
A Newspeak word for someone who has been erased from history, including all records and (ideally) from the memories of Party members
unperson
a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
polemic
17th-century epic poet who wrote the story of Lucifer and his war with God
John Milton
The reason why Ofglen brutally kicks a salvaged prisoner in the face
to knock him out so he doesn't feel more pain
The "condition" that Beneatha "diagnoses" in her family when Asagai asks if something is wrong
(acute) ghetto-itis
The last sentence of the novel (excluding the Appendix)
"He loved Big Brother."
the tendency to assert principles as incontrovertibly true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others
dogmatism