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/Contents 535 0 R /Annots 224 0 R << >> /Resources 196 0 R << << /Annots 170 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Contents 300 0 R /Contents 162 0 R 71 0 obj endobj /Parent 1 0 R 80 0 obj /Parent 1 0 R << endobj endobj /Type /Page /Resources 181 0 R 78 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Contents 222 0 R >> >> LitCharts Teacher Editions. /Resources 424 0 R 0000001844 00000 n >> << endobj /Type /Page /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 335 0 R /Resources 391 0 R >> /Annots 543 0 R /Annots 490 0 R /Resources 226 0 R /Contents 114 0 R >> /Type /Page /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] 40 0 obj /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 323 0 R /Type /Page The Handmaids Tale is a speculative fiction, which narrates the struggle to define and maintain identity with in the context of culture and gender. /Resources 510 0 R /Annots 452 0 R endobj /Annots 458 0 R endobj /Type /Page /Resources 602 0 R endobj /Contents 509 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Annots 526 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Type /Page /Resources 283 0 R 6. 0000001707 00000 n A summary of Part X (Section1) in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale. << >> Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Handmaid’s Tale and what it means. /Resources 223 0 R Chapter 1: The first chapter sets the scene, and represents “the time before” the nuclear holocaust, and the Handmaids – the fertile women – being in something that ‘had once been the gymnasium’ (p.13) – in “the time before”, and they are now sleeping there. /Annots 582 0 R /Annots 326 0 R /Type /Page 0000084348 00000 n /Annots 215 0 R /Contents 171 0 R /Contents 465 0 R endobj 57 0 obj << The narrator is sleeping with others in what used to be a gym. << Answers: 1. 0000013237 00000 n /Type /Page << /Contents 562 0 R /Resources 448 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Resources 334 0 R /Contents 315 0 R << << 1 0 obj /Contents 330 0 R >> >> 10 Biographical Sketch Margaret Eleanor Atwood was born on November 18, 1939 in /Parent 1 0 R /Parent 1 0 R >> /Annots 356 0 R /Type /Page /Type /Page 79 0 obj /Type /Page /Parent 1 0 R /Type /Page endobj /Parent 1 0 R << 5 0 obj /Length 1748 >> /Parent 1 0 R /Type /Page /Annots 487 0 R >> 0000001536 00000 n << /Contents 462 0 R /Contents 538 0 R 50 0 obj /Annots 227 0 R >> /Parent 1 0 R Offred and other women sleep on army cots in a gymnasium. << endobj 109 0 obj<>stream >> Start studying The Handmaid's Tale Part 1-9 (Chapter 1-24). /Parent 1 0 R /Resources 253 0 R Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale Chapter Summary. >> The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood I Night 1 We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. 14 0 obj /Annots 272 0 R /Contents 219 0 R /Contents 541 0 R >> endobj /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] The Handmaid’s Tale - Chapter 1 Lyrics. << /Resources 545 0 R >> /Contents 519 0 R /Type /Page /Resources 385 0 R /Type /Page /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Annots 401 0 R /Parent 1 0 R 66 0 obj endobj >> /Type /Page endobj 7 0 obj 52 0 obj << /Parent 1 0 R Like girls at a restrictive camp, they reach out to […] /Resources 563 0 R << 8 0 obj << /Type /Page << /Resources 400 0 R 4 Chapters 1 – 7 Discussion questions: Why do you think “nobody much cares who sees the face of a Martha” but there is so much concern about the clothes of handmaids? >> << /Annots 481 0 R /Parent 1 0 R endobj endobj >> /Resources 451 0 R >> /Resources 325 0 R /Annots 603 0 R /Resources 214 0 R The floor was of varnished wood, with stripes and circles painted on it, for the games that were formerly played there; the hoops for the basketball nets were still in place, though the nets were gone. /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 404 0 R endobj endobj /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] 0000004000 00000 n 0000057300 00000 n /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] The first flashback occurs in Chapter 3, and there are brief references to Luke in Chapters 2 and 5. /Parent 1 0 R /Type /Page << 0000010845 00000 n Offred lies on her bed, feeling this time is her own; there are no signal bells, nothing to stop her reveries. << 0000002176 00000 n /Annots 167 0 R /Type /Page >> /Resources 175 0 R endobj 0 /Contents 144 0 R /Annots 392 0 R 0000127830 00000 n /Annots 422 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] endobj 0000133766 00000 n << /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Type /Page <<7fcd3ac2f4ea504e8cff1408ab7a0f37>]>> In order to get this classic by Margaret Atwood, download the free the Handmaid’s tale ebook right now from our site and get going. endobj /Parent 1 0 R << 0000012180 00000 n /Type /Page /Resources 466 0 R 0000007282 00000 n 0000001216 00000 n >> >> Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 19 0 obj >> /Annots 464 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Type /Page /Contents 174 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Contents 282 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] << We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. 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It is in the ‘Night’ sections that the flashback technique is most obvious and most sustained, for this is Offred’s ‘time out’ when she is free to revisit her remembered past. /Parent 1 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 218 0 R /Annots 113 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 534 0 R /Type /Page 34 0 obj Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939– . /Contents 402 0 R /Resources 178 0 R << endobj 1. /Type /Page /Type /Page Describe the atmosphere of the chapter. 65 0 obj /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Type /Page Offred describes the scene in the room with all the women chanting to the form of breaths, the smells that surround them, and the restless Janine who keeps pacing back and forth. /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] >> /Type /Page /Annots 505 0 R /Resources 578 0 R /Type /Page 38 0 obj /Contents 387 0 R /Type /Page 13 0 obj /Parent 1 0 R >> >> /Annots 579 0 R /Resources 199 0 R endobj /Annots 269 0 R 37 0 obj /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] 47 0 obj Summary. endobj /Annots 143 0 R << /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Resources 95 0 R 29 0 obj >> /Type /Page endobj /Annots 230 0 R /Resources 584 0 R /Type /Page /Parent 1 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 179 0 R /Resources 439 0 R It is night at the Rachel and Leah Re-education (Red) Center in the heartland of the Republic of Gilead. /Parent 1 0 R /Title (The Handmaid\047s Tale) /Type /Page 0000006878 00000 n It is a compelling story with complex characters and narration, that will hook you from the very beginning. /Parent 1 0 R 0000005334 00000 n 4. >> << << /Contents 482 0 R endobj endobj /Type /Page /Annots 585 0 R Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. << endobj /Annots 440 0 R << endobj 5. /Resources 373 0 R << /Contents 168 0 R 3 0 obj endobj << 61 0 obj /Resources 169 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 164 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode endobj /Resources 560 0 R /Resources 301 0 R /Contents 459 0 R endobj /Resources 460 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] << /Annots 508 0 R /Annots 377 0 R /Type /Page /Resources 492 0 R Last updated by jill 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