Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Testaments, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Religious Totalitarianism and Hypocrisy
Gender Roles
Truth, Knowledge, and Power
Shame, Fear, and Repression
Choice
Summary
Analysis
Jade doesn’t think that Becka or Agnes like her, though they’re the only people she has for company in Gilead. She misses Ada and Elijah and especially Garth, and wonders if Garth is dating anyone. Jade is especially anxious about their supposed source in Gilead, since they still haven’t made contact with her and she’s not even sure if they actually exist.
Jade’s feeling of being alone in Gilead reiterates how much of a risk she’s taken to infiltrate and meet a source who may not even exist, which would leave her stranded and subject to Gilead’s repressive lifestyle.
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