Summary chapters 8-end :)

Hi!

Here's the rest of my summary. I think this part is more clarifying and gives a better overview of the book as is is not as exaggeratingly detailed as the previous one ;)

It is meant to just fresh up your mind about the content of The Handmaid's Tale just before an essay, or some time when you are wondering what the novel is about.

Good luck!

Love, Iris

Rest of the book :

Offred visits the doctor, and he offers her to make her pregnant. It could be a way out, but Offred refuses, as she is afraid that he is an Eye and might betray her. At night, the so called ‘Ceremony’ takes place. It includes that the Commander reads a part of the Bible. After that, Offred, Serena and the Commander go upstairs and the Commander has sex with Offred, while she lies with her head on the belly of Serena, suggesting it is actually Serena who has sex with her husband.

Summary chapters 1-7

Hey guys,


To refresh your minds: here's a summary of the first 7 chapters. While I was working on it, I noticed it was kind of too elaborate. So I am sorry, but next time, I will just give you a quick overview of the rest of the book! Otherwise, it takes so long to read, and nobody has ever been attracted to reading long, very long texts (right?).
Hope it helps!

Love, Iris

1. Night

The narrator (Offred) starts the book with telling about the past; how she and other women slept in what had once been the gymnasium. They were not allowed to speak with each other, and Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Sara patrolled as they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belts. The Aunts were not allowed to have guns, only the Angels were. The Angels stood outside with their back to the women when they had their twice a day walk around the football field.  As the women were not allowed to speak to one another, they learned to whisper without sound and lip-read. That way, they exchanged names.