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At night, [[Offred]] likes to remember her former life. She recalls talking to her college friend, [[Moira]], in her dorm room. She remembers being a child and going to a park with [[Offred's mother|her mother]], where they saw a group of women and a few men burning pornographic magazines. Offred has forgotten a large chunk of time, which she thinks might be the fault of an injection or pill the [[Gilead|authorities]] gave her.
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Offred remembers waking up somewhere and screaming, demanding to know what they had done with her [[Offred's daughter|daughter]]. The authorities told Offred she was unfit, and her daughter was with [[Pink children|those]] fit to care for her. They showed her a photograph of her child wearing a white dress, holding the hand of a strange woman. As she recounts these events, Offred imagines she is telling her story to someone, telling things that she cannot write down, because writing is forbidden.
   
 
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*"SparkNote on The Handmaid’s Tale." http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/handmaid/.
Chapter transcript: [https://www.bestoread.com/Classics/the_handmaids_tale/7.html]
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*Chapter transcript: [https://www.bestoread.com/Classics/the_handmaids_tale/7.html]
 
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Revision as of 00:34, 9 March 2019

Chapter III: Night is the third chapter of The Handmaid's Tale (Novel). It contains section 7.

Plot

At night, Offred likes to remember her former life. She recalls talking to her college friend, Moira, in her dorm room. She remembers being a child and going to a park with her mother, where they saw a group of women and a few men burning pornographic magazines. Offred has forgotten a large chunk of time, which she thinks might be the fault of an injection or pill the authorities gave her.

Offred remembers waking up somewhere and screaming, demanding to know what they had done with her daughter. The authorities told Offred she was unfit, and her daughter was with those fit to care for her. They showed her a photograph of her child wearing a white dress, holding the hand of a strange woman. As she recounts these events, Offred imagines she is telling her story to someone, telling things that she cannot write down, because writing is forbidden.

Notes

References and weblinks