Key passages:
2. And now the twenty veiled daughters, in white, come shyly forward, their mothers holding their
elbows. It’s mothers, not fathers, who give away daughters these days and help with the arrangements of the marriages. The marriages are of course arranged. These girls haven’t been allowed to be alone with a man for years; for however many years we’ve all been doing this. Are they old enough to remember anything of the time before, playing baseball, in jeans and sneakers, riding their bicycles? Reading books, all by themselves? Even though some of them are no more than fourteen-Start them soon is the policy, there's not a moment to be lost-still they'll remember. And the ones after them will, for three or four or five years; but after that they won't. (Chapter 34, pp. 230-231)
Transition is a motif in the Handmaid’s tale, the entire novel is filled with transition, transition of the society, of the time period and also of the characters. Which explains the extensive use of references to the past which are used in the book. This passage is about the daughters getting married and it clearly shows that the society is still in the transition phase and how difficult that must be. After having so much freedom, being cut off and not be able to do anything anymore. Besides this is also shows the shift in hierarchy, it is now the mothers and not the father who give their daughters away and arrange the marriage.
3. At last he moves forward, puts his arms around me, strokes my back, holds me that way, for
comfort. “Come on,” he says. “We haven’t got much time.” With his arms around my shoulders he leads me over to the fold out bed, lies me down. He even turns down the blanket first. He begins to unbutton, then to stroke, kisses beside my ear. “No romance,” he says. “Okay?” That would have meant something else, once. Once it would have meant: no strings. Now it means: no heroics. It means: don’t risk yourself for me, if it should come to that. (Chapter 40, p.274) No strings is a very often used expressions nowadays, used by people who feel like romance and relationships are to close and they want the keep their distance and freedom. This passage shows that something so similar, could get a very different meaning. Instead of no romance meaning no strings what you would actually expect in a society where intimacy and love is forbidden, it means no heroics. Which shows how scared people actually are. The passage is also very contrasting with the book, actually most part which involve nick are, because the entire tone used throughout the book is somehow emotionless which this passage isn’t.
"Today's Salvaging is now concluded," Aunt Lydia announces in to the mike. (Chapter 43, p.289)
The salvaging is an important part of the Gilead society, it is meant for ‘saving’ the society of the sinners, while on the other hand it is an easy way to frighten the rest of the people into behaving. The passage is key for the book because it highlights the salvaging which is very important and second of all it is also a very clear example for the tone and the use of describing and illustrating throughout the novel.
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