indoctrination+dehumanisation

Question 1

“Our fingers itch to touch her. She’s a magic presence to us, an object of envy and desire, we covet her.”

Answer 1

“Our fingers itch to touch her. She’s a magic presence to us, an object of envy and desire, we covet her.”

➡️ Desire for connection humanises rebels. Protest literature often shows how rebellion grows out of suppressed longing for humanity.

Question 2

Modesty is _______, said Aunt Lydia. Never forget it- to be seen- to be seen- is to be- her voice _______- _______

Answer 2

Modesty is invisibility, said aunt Lydia. Never forget it- to be seem- to be seen- is to be- her voice trembles- penetrated.

Question 3

“Jealousy could get her, it’s happened ____.”

Answer 3

“Jealousy could get her, it’s happened before.”

➡️ Internalised oppression — Gilead’s system turns women against each other. Protest writing often critiques psychological domination.

Question 4

“Healthy food. You have to get your ____ and ____… You must be a worthy ____.”

Answer 4

“Healthy food. You have to get your vitamins and minerals… You must be a worthy vessel.”
Reduction of women to reproductive “vessels” critiques biological determinism under theocracy

Question 5

“I wait, washed, brushed, fed, like a prize ____.”

Answer 5

“I wait, washed, brushed, fed, like a prize pig.”

➡️ Dehumanisation through domestication imagery — women as livestock to be maintained for reproduction. Protest literature often uses animal imagery to highlight objectification.

Question 6

“We were on some kind of ____ or ____ I think.”

Answer 6

“We were on some kind of pill or drug I think.”

➡️ Drugging women to suppress their critical faculties exposes regime’s control of both body and mind.

Question 7

“It is an ________ device: who knows what we’d make of it, if we ever got our _____ on it.”

Answer 7

“It is an incendiary device: who knows what we’d make of it, if we ever got our hands on it.”