Round 4: Tossup 3

While bathing, this character muses that “I’m a cloud, congealed around a central object… which is hard and more real than I am.” This character, who is asked if she’s happy by Japanese tourists, hides butter in her shoe that she steals (15[1])to use as lotion. Professor Pieixoto (“pay-SHOH-toh”) gives a lecture using recordings this character left on (*) cassette tapes. This character finds a message from her predecessor which translates to “don’t let the bastards grind you down.” This character secretly plays Scrabble with the Commander, who she is assigned to in order to help him have a child. For 10 points, identify this narrator of The Handmaid’s (10[1])Tale. ■END■ (0[2])

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