The handmaids tale - timeline by Morgan Preston-Tennant https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw en-us 2022-10-31 12:00:29 UTC 2022-11-11 21:33:20 UTC hello@padlet.com 1 - Night chapter 1 mprestontennant https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363177053 - in an old gymnasium which refers to the past life before the regime 
- introduced to the charatcters "Alma.Janine.Dolores.Moira.June."
- parts of the regime found eg. guards, angles ]]> 2022-10-31 12:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363177053 2. Shopping, chapters 2-6 smattu1 https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363181049 -the story shifted from past to present
-there is no glass in the bedrooms, showcasing the restriction people face in this regime because they knew without this protection will want to escape, even if it meant death
-Manipulated into thinking her situation is a privilege
- Handmaids, Marthas, wives
- young guardians→ more dangerous/reckless
  • Offred winks at guardian→ cherishes this moment of breaking the rules
  • Simplistic society → prevents temptation
  • Luke (husband)
  • The Wall→ deterrent for committing sins
→ if caught breaking the rules you are hung on the wall

]]> 2022-10-31 12:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363181049 3 - Night chapter 7 mprestontennant https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363183217 - recognition of the past begins with a flashback to her previous life with Moira 
- friendship between them and women's previous rights 
- idea of collectivity between women ]]> 2022-10-31 12:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363183217 4. Waiting Room, chapter 8-12 smattu1 https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363183823 Return from the shopping trip, new bodies on Wall→ ‘gender treachery’, homosexuality=sin
  • Miscarriage→ unbaby
  • Life with Luke→ having an affair
  • ‘Nolite te bastardes carbondorum’
  • Most music is forbidden
  • ‘Faith’ embroidered into the cushion
  • Only fruitful and barren women in Gilead and only sterile men exist
  • Rejects doctor's offer to impregnate her
  • Bathroom→ no mirrors, razors, and no locks on doors
  • Sometimes thinks of her daughter as a ghost, easier for her
]]> 2022-10-31 12:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363183823 6. Household, chapter 14-17 smattu1 https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363187000 Ceremony→ Commander late, Serena sits, Offred kneels, Rita, Cora, and Nick stand behind Offred
  • Most programming is religious
  • Commander reads the Bible to them and the story of Rachel and Leah
  • Moira fakes illness so she can bribe one of the men with sex, tried on an Angel, and was reported → tortured by beating her hands and feet
  • the ceremony continues after prayers and Bible reading
  • Commander has sex with Offred in an impersonal fashion then leaves the room promptly
  • Serena orders Offred to leave, yet she is supposed to rest for ten minutes 
  • When in the room alone Offred used butter as lotion
  • When downstairs she sees Nick and both wordlessly kiss, thinks of Luke
  • Commander wants to see her in his office
]]> 2022-10-31 12:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363187000 5 - Nap chapter 13 mprestontennant https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363188107 - flashbacks to aunt Lydia and the enforcement of the regime within the Rachel and Leah center 
- the arrival of moria into the R&L center and how they met again in the regime ]]> 2022-10-31 12:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363188107 7. Night, chapter 18 smattu1 https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363189359
  • After returning to bed, thinks of Luke
  • Imagines him dead 
  • Imagines he is in prison
  • Imagines he made it across border safely
]]> 2022-10-31 12:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363189359 8. Birth Day, chapter 19-23 smattu1 https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363191876
  • Janine (Ofwarren) having baby → taken in birthmobile
  • A child with birth defects= unbaby
  • 1 in 4 women has been poisoned by pollutants in the environment → leads to birth defects
  • Offred was taught by her mother to appreciate the sacrifices  early feminists made
  • Looks for Moira
  • Baby (girl) born with no visible defects → Janine will never be declared an unwoman
  • Moira caused toilets to overflow, jabbed Aunt Elizabeth, exchanged clothes, and boldly walked out, no signs since
  • Cora hopes they have a baby soon
  • Offred sneaks to meet Commander, welcomed to a game of scrabble, and leaves after she kisses him
]]> 2022-10-31 12:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2363191876 9. Night chapter 24 mprestontennant https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2380607224 -  flashback in detail to her own description 
- the importance of men and women in fulfilling sexual roles "men are sex machines"
- recall of documentaries about the holocaust, maybe making a comparison 
- women's roles in society 
- aspects of fear towards the commander  

]]> 2022-11-11 20:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2380607224 10. soul scrolls, chapter 25-30 mprestontennant https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2380628767 - an immediate reference to suicide and women's escape from the regime
- Offred recalls her playing scrabble with the commander 
- more development of the commander as the main character - personal level connection with the commander and sexual tensions 
- continuous flashbacks to Aunt Lydia 
- jealousy for Serena joy - her life but also feels guilt for being with the commander in secret 
- walks with ofglen to the shops as usual and comfort has grown
- see The Wall and she is still expecting to find Luke - women's salvagings mentioned and more features of the regime 
- tries to remember bits of the past 
- questions god and religion 'do you think god listens'
- new side to Ofglen 'us?' and then the appearance of 2 eyes reinforcing the controlling society. 
- flashback to Moira and the introduction of the regime
-sneaking with the commander and translating the language from the floor and learns the last handmaid hanged herself 
- the commander gifts her forbidden items ]]> 2022-11-11 20:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mprestontennant/h6sp2wnpdrb33hnw/wish/2380628767