116 pages • 3 hours read
Margaret AtwoodA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
At the all-night vigil for the new Pearls, Nicole has no idea how to behave. A new Pearl from New Mexico starts crying and yelling, so two Aunts hustle her out of the room. Nicole learns later that they made that girl a Handmaid, so she thinks it was good that she kept quiet.
The next day, Nicole gets an ugly brown dress and goes with the other Pearls to a stadium. She is shocked when she realizes they are having a Particicution, which she had read about in school but without much detail. Nicole understands why when she witnesses two men torn apart by a frenzied group of women. Nicole wonders if her own mother had been a feral Handmaid like these women.
Agnes and Becka try to help Nicole/Jade as Aunt Lydia had asked them, but it is difficult. Jade doesn’t know how to sit properly and complains about the food in the dining hall. Agnes and Becka caution her that people are watching.
Nicole knows that the two young Aunts do not approve of her, but she has no one else to talk to. She tries not to let her fear and loneliness get the better of her.
By Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
Backdrop Addresses Cowboy
Backdrop Addresses Cowboy
Margaret Atwood
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
Death By Landscape
Death By Landscape
Margaret Atwood
Hag-Seed
Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold
Margaret Atwood
Happy Endings
Happy Endings
Margaret Atwood
Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
Margaret Atwood
Lady Oracle
Lady Oracle
Margaret Atwood
Life Before Man
Life Before Man
Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam
MaddAddam
Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood
Rape Fantasies
Rape Fantasies
Margaret Atwood
Siren Song
Siren Song
Margaret Atwood
Stone Mattress
Stone Mattress
Margaret Atwood
Surfacing
Surfacing
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
The Circle Game
The Circle Game
Margaret Atwood
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
The Heart Goes Last
The Heart Goes Last
Margaret Atwood