Quotation Response To 'Great Expectations'

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We learned to lip-read, our heads flat on the beds, turned sideways, watching each other's mouths." (4) Context: The narrator describes her way of communication towards the woman that are trapped just like she is.

(R) – Based on this passage I can infer that the woman trapped here are not allowed to speak to one another at all, it seems that “no speaking” is a rule they are reckoned to follow. These rules ably them to find their own way communication by “Lip reading” according to the passage.

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“I know why there is no glass, in front of the watercolor picture of blue irises, and why the window opens only partly and why the glass in it is shatterproof. It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't
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(R) - Based on this paragraph it seems that the commander’s house is a place where woman are basically stuck, held, and treated worse than prisoners. It seems to convey that the commander is not afraid about anyone escaping, but afraid of anybody attempting to kill themselves. I base this on the details in the passage. For example, There is no “Glass” and the windows are only “partly” closed conveying that suicide Is a major factor of concern for the master, Implying that this is a place where no one would like to be.
Context: The narrator describes her way of communication towards the woman that are trapped just like she
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We have ceremonies of our own, private ones."
(96) Context: The narrator describes her way of living, and what she does when she get backs to her room after work, which consists of rubbing butter on her skin.

(R) – Faith plays a big part in this passage; faith is something that makes Offred strong. I can anticipate that Offred really believes that one day she will get out of this current situation she is in, and she enforces this belief by applying butter on her face so she can hope and believe that she will have a better life in the near future, she keeps faith.

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“What is left of him: his hair, the bones, the plaid wool shirt, green and black, the leather belt, the work boots. I know exactly what he is wearing” (104) Context: The narrator is thinking about Luke while she lays on her bed, she thinks he might have passed away when shots were fired when she was being

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