How to pronounce“Offred”in English

Offred’s ability to view herself from the outside here is manifestation among many of her “openness” to imagining the perspectives

So, Offred’s descriptions of inhabiting a female body, her “openness” to external perspectives, and her exploration of desire exhibit the qualities associated with écriture féminine.

And that we all must heed Offred’s mother’s warning: do not take your freedoms for granted.

That said, Offred’s story as we read it has the plot structure that mirrors the classic, so-called ‘male’ plot trajectory--but is that inherent to her story or created by

In other words, it was male editors who created the structure to Offred’s narrative that we’re reading.

But here’s the wrinkle: Offred recorded her story on thirty unnumbered cassette tapes, and it was two male scholars who used “guesswork” to arrange her “blocks of speech” into

At other times, Offred describes her body from a different perspective: I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing.