“I look at the one red smile. The red of the smile is the same as the red of the tulips in Serena Joy’s garden, towards the base of the flowers where they are beginning to heal. The red is the same but there is no connection.” (33)
Offred looks at the red blood on the white cloth over the man’s head and is automatically reminded of the red of tulips as they begin to heal. But she knows there is no connection—this blood represents the opposite of healing. But to this society that Atwood has created, the blood does represent something healing. They believe that hanging these sinners and law-breakers in full view of everyone will somehow do Gilead some good—maybe by frightening people into conformity or giving them something to hate.
needs a colon in there -- take a look; who are "they?"
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ReplyDelete8. Offred looks at the red blood on the white cloth over the man’s head and is automatically reminded of the red of tulips as they begin to heal. But she knows there is no connection: this blood represents the opposite of healing. But to this society that Atwood has created, the blood does represent something healing. Gilead’s society believes that hanging these sinners and law-breakers in full view of everyone will somehow do Gilead some good—maybe by frightening people into conformity or giving them something to hate.