The Handmaid's Tale

  Us   -> Nous « Us? I say. There is an us then, there’s a we. I knew it» Law -> Lois «I have to let you go, he said. It’s the law, I have to»   Compucount (not a real word) -> equivalent = Compte Banquaire   « Luke can use your Compucount for you, she said. They’ll transfer your number to him, or that’s what they say» Magazine -> Revue « So far I’ve been through a Mademoiselle magazine, an old Esquire from the eighties, a Ms. , a magazine that I can remember vaguely as having been around my mother various apartments while I was growing up, and a Reader’s Digest.» Mayday->   M’aidez «”Mayday”, she says. I tried it on you once»   The Ceremony -> La Cérémonie "This is the one good thing about these evenings, the evenings of the Ceremony: I'm allowed to watch the news." (p.93)   I’m going bats -> Je deviens folle "I've got to get out of here, I'm going bats." (p.102)   Unbabies -> non bébé "We didn't know e

In the fourth quarter of the book, we learn that Offred feels a great relief when she hears that Ofglen commits suicide because Ofglen can no longer give her name to the Eyes while being tortured.  For the first time, Offred feels that she has complete power over the authorities. She's feeling that she will do anything necessary to live like stop wanting control of her body, stop resisting the authorities, stop seeing Nick. From the porch, Serena   calls to Offred. When Offred comes in, she holds out her winter cloak and the sequined outfit Offred wore to the club. She asks Offred how she could be so vulgar, and then tells Offred she is a hustler like the other Handmaid and will come to the same end. Nick stops whistling, but Offred does not look at him. She manages to remain calm and composed as she retreats to her room. At the very end of the book, a fter her confrontation with Serena, Offred waits in her room. She feels peaceful. The night quickly comes and she wonders if she c