This character speculates on why night "falls" instead of rising, and at one point, asks "context is all; or is it ripeness?"
This character speculates on why night "falls" instead of rising, and at one point, asks "context is all; or is it ripeness?" At the beginning of another chapter, this character states "I wish this story were different, I wish it were more civilized." and notes the incorrectness of phrases like "all flesh is weak" and the Beatitude "Blessed are the silent." A circle of plaster flowers above her bed is described by her as a wreath or "frozen halo." Her lesbian friend Moira once hosted a lingerie party in college, before the Pornomarts were shut down. She trains at the Red Center with Aunt Lydia, and repeats the Latin phrase "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum" found on her bedroom wall. She plays secret games of Scrabble and is allowed to read Vogue magazine by the Commander. FTP, name this "two legged womb" who lives in Gilead, and is the title handmaid in a Margaret Atwood book.
This character speculates on why night "falls" instead of rising, and at one point, asks "context is all; or is it ripeness?"
Offred ["Of Fred"; prompt on just "handmaid"]