Handmaid's tale ending

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Add words from the quote that highlight misogyny:

oversize children: no agency

have they chosen it: there is no choice

great many buttocks: bodies on display

the past: commander thinks women were sexual objects before the revolution, to please him

pleased: feels happy here

collection: objects

is - or was: women are stripped of their identities.

Commander 

Alone at last, I think. The fact is, I don’t want to be alone with him. I’d rather have Serena here too. - Chapter 39 

Nick

All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only an approximation. - Chapter 40 

Luke

And I thought afterwards: this was a betrayal. No the thing itself, but my own response. If I knew for certain he was dead, would that make a difference?- Chapter 40 

she once was his mistress.

He treats her like his mistress

she feels like she secretly is his mistress

What's the purpose of the salvaging and the particicu-tion?