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Lack of communication and forming of relationships
Communication is tightly controlled in Gilead. ... Communication of any form is forbidden:
“As we tried to sleep, in the army cots that had been set up in rows, with spaces between so we could not talk”
Shows how handmaids are treated as a homogenous mass and given no rights or individuality. ... ”
“We learned to lip read”
This shows how even harshest regimes can be got around and how even though they try to Gilead fails to strip handmaid’s of all forms of communication. ...
Because the handmaids are unable to talk, any form of conversation seems exciting to them. ... This is because usually the handmaids have power over nobody and so this power, small as it may be is exciting.
Approximate Word count = 677 Approximate Pages = 2.7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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