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Lock in OK ! what are we even supposed to do idk, GUYS

CHATGPT WORKS ok but what do i do with that. cook.WRITE YOUR TEXTS,WRITE WHA,
write all 5 texts and some how cheat

YES NO study all talent

What are the five texts even about
The fives texts for each theme
Im so lost
Wait is she gonna give us three themes to choose from
Yes, ayt ,
“Im not stressed cause you are all well prepared” .. nuh uh FRRR, broski i havent touched the
books havnt read a single page
Girl i havent read educated.. Ok period c mon meilleur ami same frl
JChat gpt can help with that I read approximately 0 pages in educated, havnt read shit educated
or the other
Je me demande trop vous etes qui a mettre des memes f

What if she goes on the document oH noo

What is she gonna do? We are anonyme girl like the teacher is gonna be like c qui le kangaroo anonyme
true
We’re so done for ya mm pu de cours anyways
Im cooked same

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Like girl tu te fous dma gueule qd tu me dis que chui prete wtf Fax Ca sent la bonne cuisson,
nice and burnt its westOver for us m hahahah kys reported banned wtf r we even
supposed to do bruh. Cheppa
Bon je coule demain 🎉
She’s printing out a cheat sheet right? Or am i crazy? This is the cheat sheet
Thast what i thought. Hopefully it’s already printed…
Theme Educated (Westover) Handmaid's Tale (Atwood) A Beautiful Mind (Howard)
Entrapment/fre Tara is confined by her father’s Offred feels trapped in Gilead, The wife feels trapped in the
edom/confine control, yet she is yearning for where her freedom is stripped relationship, she feels like she
ment/control freedom away from her. She reflects on her cannot leave John since he cannot
past and yearns for autonomy. survive on his own due to his
The Westover family lives at the (p.155) schizophrenia.
base of a mountain, isolating
themselves from the rest of Buck’s The society of Gilead is bound to He feels trapped by the voices
Peak’s community. strict rules on how it functions he’s hearing especially by the likes
(walking in pairs to the market). of Big Brother who serves as a
Tara’s father forces her to keep Any things that go against them representation of responsibility.
working for him when she tries to can lead to death, thus Gilead
find a new job. controls through fear. When realizing that his visions
aren’t real, he’s encouraged to
Tara is entrapped in her solitude Some rules: free himself from them. Although,
due to her delusion toward her -​ Can’t go in the when his motivation was first
family’s beliefs. This was commander's room lacking, he felt the need to believe
prominent when she first started -​ Can talk to the that his thoughts aren’t fooling
University. Her altered perception commanders him, further emphasizing the
of society, mixed with her hesitant -​ Not allowed to have much, difficulty to escape one’s beliefs.
self, confines her in isolation. no lotion, magazines
scrabble He’s trapped in his mind and can’t
Tara separates herself from her Can all lead to be taken away in escape the people he created,
controlling family (earning the van toward the Colonies even when he chooses to ignore
freedom) by going to school and them they’re still there.
getting an education (Examples: Offred is trapped within Gilead’s
Her at BYU and missing a Sunday walls as any attempts to escape
ceremony. Tara at Harvard are unsuccessful.
refusing to go back to Buck’s
Peak). Offred remembers when she had
the freedom to do whatever she
She is also entrapped by her wanted, like go to college or work
father’s beliefs and has a hard at any place (ex: library).
time doing things that her father
finds horrendous, like going to see Moira represents the difficulty of
the doctor (p.258) freedom for a lot of the handmaids
(154, 289)
After taking her act exam, Tara felt
stupid for even thinking she could Many (Offred, Moira) slowly start
do it. This represents how she to give up and no longer seek to
feels the only place she belongs is escape Gilead (288, 304,311,312)
home, further trapping her. (p.135)
The next generation won’t have
any memory of freedom and the
past, they can be even more
controlled (p.187)

Feminism/gen Tara’s dad believes that the men The women have no power and John Nash’s wife was the reason
der roles are supposed to go work and do can’t own anything. he healed from schizophrenia.
the hard jobs and that the women Ex. Money(the bank accounts) Ex.: Unopened letters, caring for
are supposed to stay and take Gilead also creates an him
care of the children and become environment where the women are
midwives meant to give children and take John Nash’s wife stayed with him
-​ Calls Tara to the kitchen care of them or be in the kitchen. throughout all the difficult times
for the simple reason that Their worth is determined by they went through (ex: the baby
she’s a woman and her whether or not they can have being left in the tub with the water
 mom won’t cook for him children. running, him lying about taking his
-​ Is against Tara’s mother pills, his crazy episodes)
getting a job, but will let Homosexuality is prohibited, if they
her become a midwife are found, they are hanged.
(and actually pressures Gender Treachery (p.47)
her into it)
In her family, feminism was a word Women in Gilead belong to their
used to end a debate. husbands and do not hold power.
Also, the women who are not
Tara also fought her father’s sexist wives still belong to a man :
view by going into college, she is Of____
the light of feminism in the novel.
When they are educated to
The Westover’s family gender become handmaids, they are
roles are based on religious beliefs taught that it is always the
and Mormon customs. women’s fault, like the fact that
sterile is a prohibited word
When Tara talked to her friends because the men are never at
about if he were a woman what fault, women are (p.68) or the
would he do, he said that he Testifying (Sexual assaults are
wouldn't need to do anything always the woman’s fault) (p.82)
because in his opinion getting a
degree isn’t something women do.

Devoutness/rel Tara’s Dad is like the boss in their The commanders are convinced His devoutness to his work and to
igion home and the whole family bows they are saving women from math for example. He devoted
down to him. Even though Tara experiencing harassment, without every day of his life to find the
wants to leave and give herself a acknowledging their loss of gaming theory which is to this day
life, she feels guilty and has liberties and rights in Gilead. still used in economics classes.
difficulty doing this for most of the (Exemple: The commander This insane devotion is probably
book, because she is devoted to doesn’t know what she is allowed the reason why he ended
her family and, essentially, her or the struggle of the handmaid (p. schizophrenic
dad. 183)

The family are fundamentalist, The aunts seem to be true

especially the father who believes believers and preach the rules of
their Bible is the truth (example: the new society, which might be a
the honey). way to survive.

The father fiercely believes in all Most of the wives but some of the
sorts of conspiracy theories, handmaids are true believers in
formulating them as the truth to Gilead’s system and are happy to
explain what happened in the serve as a handmaid
world (ex: the jewish secret
agreement conspiracy) and what Offred is devoted to Nick, because
is about to happen (ex: the end of she takes a huge risk, which is to
the world, Y2K). go see him every night. (p.310)

The family, especially the dad, is Moira was devoted to leaving

very devoted to gathering Gilead and did everything in her
resources to the end of the world. power to stop being used as a
He builds a giant gas tank, buys a handmaid. She ended up
large amount of guns, etc. Ends escaping and became “jezebels”.
up spending a lot of money for
nothing finally. Offred deludes herself into thinking
 she likes the commander. (p.294)

A few actions are justified by

biblical references (p.18)

Power of Seeking higher education and When Offred keeps reading the Education is Nash’s only asset in
Language/Edu breaking free from her family’s word FAITH written on her pillow his mind. It is what he values
cation entrapment allows Tara to make to remind herself how to read as himself with and all he puts
sense of the abuse she endured it’s the only thing she can read at importance on until he realizes
and the behaviors she was subject her disposition. that as a dad and a husband, he
to. must learn to be capable to be as
When Offred finds the phrase in socially smart as he is book smart.
Tara when she learns the historical Latin and finds out that its
meaning behind the N-word and meaning is “Don’t let the bastards Towards the end, education is
gets completely dumbfounded bring you down”. This phrase Nash’s way to express himself,
when Shawn keeps calling her gives her hope and power in find a passion and find motivation.
that. moments where she feels down It also allows him to develop a
and wants to give up. Understand routine and a consistent lifestyle
Likewise, when she finally learns why the past handmaid wrote it allowing him to manage work and
about stuff like the holocaust (p.216) his schizophrenia.
(p.157), and about what really
happened in the Weaver’s incident In the Red Center, women are At first, Nash thinks that higher
being retrained to forget their education will dull our mind and
education, as it is associated with destroy the potential for authentic
power. creativity.

Stores and shops, do not have

names, but only images (p. 28),

Transitional generation, it is
difficult for them since they have a
past life and now everything is
different, but the next generations
it will be easier since they would
know only this type of life. (p.135)

Only the commander can have

books and they are locked away in
his study.

Handmaids are barely allowed to

talk.

If a handmaid is caught reading,

she will get her hand cut off.
Words are powerful, they let
someone form an opinion and in
this totalitarian regime, they don’t
want them to have an opinion
because they might be able to
form plans to escape.
Religion The Westover family cares a lot People who are practicing
about Mormonism and they are christianity have an advantage
firm believers. Their father also when the Republic of Gilead has
takes the words of the Bible to given roles to the population. (p.
dictate what’s right/wrong, what’s 286)
good/bad, etc. (Example: the
honey at the start of the book) The commander read passages
from the bible before the
The family also cares about the Ceremony. (p. 101) And before the
customs/rules of the religion, such Prayvaganza there is a long
as not showing the shoulders prayer. (p. 253)
(example when Tara is at BYU),
wearing long enough dresses to The Republic of Gilead is a
cover the legs (example, her religious conservative regime.
dancing show at Buck’s Peak), not Christianity is a religion that
drinking coke, and not watching encourages people to make more
movies on Sunday (p.158) children and those who believe
that made the Republic of Gilead.
Tara's dad is seen using the power
he has on the family to control FAITH, written on her pillow, is the
what they do using the excuse of only word visible for everyone to
religion. read. It’s an allusion to religion and
to why she has to fulfill her role.
With Mormonism, going to the
hospital/medicine is not allowed Religious prayers are constantly
because it is part of the corrupt being read and written down in
government’s system — Tara’s one of the shops. Soul Scrolls (p.
mother is a herbalist and believes 193)
that mixing herbs helps with
healing Gilead uses religion to manipulate
people into believing that
everything that occurs is extracted
from the Bible. They pick and
choose verses. (p. 274)

Being Jewish can be an excuse for

these religious to go back to Israel
and escape from Gilead’s power.
Some tried to convert themselves
into Jewish just to escape, but
unfortunately, since they weren’t
real believers, some got hanged.