... God all contribute to the themes inherent in this story. Barbara Kingsolver is the author of many well-written pieces of literature including The Poisonwood Bible. This novel explores the beauty and hardships that exist in the Belgian Congo in 1959. Told by the wife and four daughters of a ... daughters. His religious beliefs are bombarded upon his family to the point where he creates a theocracy. In A Handmaids Tale, similarly to The Poisonwood Bible religion is used as a tool to further control the people of Gilead. Gilead is a theocracy "a government in which there is no ... flesh su...

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