Lauren Singer Trakhman asked:

This question contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

22 likes · like
6 years ago
16 answers

To answer questions about The Testaments, please sign up.

Lyssa

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Sandra Jackson - Alawine

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Kelsey Myers

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Eli It reminded me of something that would happen in the television adaptation: a dramatic but illogical twist. I agree with you. It makes for a compelling notion but given the gravity of the mission, it didn't make sense. Considering "Baby Nicole's" importance it was a bonkers stretch.

flag

Anita The tattoo was where they hid the micro dot that had all the information on it. Why it had to be HER? Well, it would make becoming an Aunt and getting in and out of Gilead a lot easier if she were someone you didn't want hurt, killed, or in any way messed with. A normal girl would've been sold off as a wife, econo-wife, or hanged if she did what Nicole did. But since it WAS Baby Nicole, they let her get away with a lot more that an ordinary girl would've been allowed and guaranteed her not ending up hanging from the Wall.

flag

But_i_thought_

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Jeanne I thought this was just plot spackle. Atwood wanted Nicole to meet her sister in Gilead and she wanted Nicole to be at personal risk because she was one of the main characters. It was insane to send the real Nicole back and in the real world (if I can say it that way) it would never have happened. But that's how plot spackle works -- you make up half convincing reasons why something has to happen because you the author want it to happen. Obviously what you said makes more sense. Any half decent rebel group would send a disposable decoy. And the tattoo proved nothing.

flag

Robin Smith

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Barry Davidoff

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Flighty_Z

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Nathanial Garrod

This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)

flag

Isabel What is the status or the position of people of color in Gilead? I searched for any reference to how the people of Gilead dealt with people of color but didn't see any. Could women of color still be Handmaids? Did they only want White babies, even if that meant fewer babies being born? I just didn't see this referenced in Handmaid or The Testaments.

flag

Di Kathrin I second the oppinions here. I guess it would be too risky to choose any given person for that task and it might have been not that easy to persuade her sister to escape Gillead with her.

flag