Moira & Offred are friends at college - Offred marries Luke and they have a child
The government gets overthrown. Women are revoked of their rights.
(Offred is no longer able to access her money - she loses her job as a librarian)
Offred, Luke and their child try to escape Gilead but fail; Offred’s child is taken from her
The narrator is imprisoned with several other women in a gym
Maybe at the end of 1980 or at the begining of 1981
Offred meets Ofglen and discovers that her predecessor killed herself
Maybe around 1983
Offred takes part in the Ceremony
(The commander has sex with Offred while his wife, Serena, watches)
The Commander and Offred play Scrabble for the first time. They continue to meet secretly, where the commander will offer her forbidden things from the previous society, in return for her company.
Ofglen reveals that she is a part of a resistance called Mayday. Offred feels a sense of hope.
Serena Joy advises to have sex with Nick to get pregnant because the Commander is sterile. In return she will show Offred a picture of her daughter
The commander takes Offred to a secret brothel called Jezebel’s. Offred sees Moira and learns about the whole story about the escape. Moira seems to have given up
Offred is Nick’s mistress; she falls in love with Nick
The new Ofglen reveals that she is not part of the resistance movement
Serena Joy discovers Offred's relationship with the Commander.
Offred is taken from the Commander’s house in a black van
Offred’s story becomes part of a symposium on Gileadean Studies