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Chapter Summary In 'The Handmaid's Tale'

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With the bible locked up and only readable by the Commander, the government is able to make up whatever they want the words to be. They can twist the meanings of the bible verses to their well-being, and they won’t be questioned because they are the only ones who have it in their possession. Gilead uses the bible for fear. To the handmaids and the other servants it’s a sacred book they’ve been told stories from of which they live by, but no one has ever read what it truly says. Also, the threat of a revolution is another reason the bible is kept away. If the servants and the women got a hold of the bible and read it for themselves, it voile lead to a rebellion. By realizing the words have been changed, it would give them power and the ability
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