rebellion

• 'Nolite de bastardes carborundorum' 


  • meaning - don't let the bastards grind you down
  • carved into wall by former handmaid
  • resistance in totalitarian society always exists
• ' Books ... an oasis of the forbidden. '


  • Those at the top of hierarchy have access to contraband items
  • Offred yearns to read, escape reality, mesmerised by all the forbidden items she has not seen for ages