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Jezebels-Â Starting at Section XII pg 199Â
Moira– reintroduced at 238
It’s here: our final People’s Choice vote, for our final novel …
Votes/rationales due by W 11/29. Make sure to name the author of the post you are choosing, as well as to link directly to the post.
As I mentioned in my previous post, Offred’s relationship with the Commander continued to evolve and grow into something no one in Gilead believed to be possible. For not even the Commander himself, who knew very well the rules of the Handmaid rituals, was unable to resist his need for companionship. Since Chapter X and onwards, his actions towards Offred shifted from a cold man only using Offred’s body as a tool/vessel to repopulate Gilead, to a desperate man using searching for Offred’s affection in order to fill his need for human contact.
By (211) Offred becomes completely aware of the Commander’s need for intimacy. She remembers how he wants her to “kiss him goodnight, as if I meant it.” (209) Although while The Commander is demanding for some form of a relationship between him and his Handmaid, at that point he is using Offred as a tool for his own personal gain much like how he uses her tool to for population. He has become clear that for The Commander, there might be something more important to him than simply repopulating and sexual desire. “… sex was too easy. Anyone could just buy it… Men were turning off on sex, even.” For him, Offred fills a much larger more vital roll than just baring children or obeying to his pleasure. In the end sex is just an action and all meaning of it will be lost to both the men and women.
Though despite this need for relationships and affection being strictly against the rules, this is something The Commander is willing to risk not only his life but Offred’s life.
This is our last People’s Choice before Thanksgiving Break, so make your votes count. Votes/rationales due by W 11/15. Make sure to name the author of the post you are choosing, as well as to link directly to the post.
“I agreed with Imani when she said
“Another piece of evidence that the lack of freedom is like an elephant in the room is that these women are under watched 24/7. When theyâre allowed outside they MUST walk in pairs , not in a group, but pairs, the have guardians ans angels who watch them and Aunt Sara and Elizabeth and on page 18 the narrator refers to Nick as an Eye. She literally paranoid wherher if heâs part of the Commander protecting the girls , lack of freedom .
I agreed with this because as I was reading this I was thinking of the exact same thing. It is sad that these women who are Handmaids are force to live with a married couple only to be use as a baby machine. Then to have to deal with the fact that the Wife of the house does not welcome them and that they have to constantly worry about their life living with these people. Offred had a family of her own and it is a shame that she is not allow to raise her own family but to be en-slave to another family only because she can bare kids. It is also sad how the women have a bunch of people that are hire just to spy on them. The Handmaids even have to worry about it each other. Freedom In this world is very limited and Imani talks about this in her blog. This is why I pick Imani.
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Looking forward to seeing your favorites for this week (due W 11/8). Best of luck to everyone đ
Don’t forget to get your votes in! I’m extending the deadline, to Monday, 11/6 @5pm đ
Since we didn’t have time for every group to present in class today, we’ll be continuing here with “virtual presentations.” To make your presentation, each group should comment here with their work and what they want to communicate to the class.
Only one person per group needs to comment (and only one comment per group!), but please make sure that at the top of your comment, you list each group member, so that everyone gets credit for their work.
A reminder: a quick overview of your chapters, two claims, with three pieces of evidence per claim (provide a quote, analysis, and connection to your overall point). Your goal is have focus, make an argument, and to synthesize your discussion.
Please get the comments up here by W 10/25 by 5pm.
We’ve finally finished Station Eleven, and here’s your chance to reflect on the entire novel and your classmates’ responses to it.
Read through all reading response blogs for Station Eleven, Parts 7-9, choose a favorite post, and explain your rationale for choosing it. Then share the post/excerpt/rationale by âcommentingâ here on this post. Donât forget to link to the post you are citing (you can now hyperlink comments rather than just copying/pasting the URL: give it a shot!).
Comments should be made no later than Wednesday, 10/25, and the one with the most votes will earn the coveted âPeopleâs Choiceâ honor! As always, Iâm looking forward to seeing what you choose, and why. Happy reading đ