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- 1chapter 1The narrator and several other women are sleeping in a high school's gymnasium.
The women think about trying to seduce the Angels, but the Angels never even see them.
Since the women aren't allowed to talk, they use lip-reading to tell each other their names. - 2chapter 2she described her bedroom (minimal furnished)
there's nothing in it that could be used as a weapon.
meet the marthas, but they dont like her and doesnt want to talk to her a lot
she prepares to go shopping, takes shop tokens from Rita - 3chapter 3she passes through the nice garden, which belongs to the Commander's Wife. She thinks about the garden she used to have
she recalls first coming to the house and meeting Serena Joy
She recognizes the Commander's Wife as a woman called Serena Joy, who was on a Gospel TV show - 4chapter 4she leaves the house and passes Guardian named Nick is washing the Commander's fancy car. Nick has a cigarette. He lives there and works for them but has a little bit of an attitude. The narrator is suspicious of him.
she meets ofglen, walking buddy
The women show the guards their passes to get through a barrier, and one tries to look at the narrator. This is forbidden but she enjoys it. She thinks of forbidden actions.
As they walk away, she sways her hips to taunt the men, who have no outlets for their sexual urges. - 5chapter 5arrives in city of Gilead
They pass a store called Lilies, where they get their dressesTwo handmaids enter, one of whom is pregnant. Everyone in the store is focused on her. She's lucky but in danger; children are rare commodities., or habits. There aren't any words on the signs anymore because the society doesn't think women should read.
narrator recognizes the pregnant woman. People called her Ofwarren, but her name was Janine.
Outside some Japanese tourists pass by and gawk at them. The women are wearing short skirts and high heels, which are forbidden in the narrator's society.
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