WARNING: Spoilers for The Handmaid's Tale season 5, episode 5 and Margaret Atwood's The Testament below.

In The Handmaid's Tale season 5, episode 5, a young Guardian named Jaeden provides June and Luke with vital intel about Hannah and a peek into the life of a young person in Gilead. June's journey to rescue her daughter has always been at the center of The Handmaid's Tale — the very first episode opens with Hannah being taken by Guardians just after the rise of Gilead. Since then, the show has doled out information about Hannah and her whereabouts, but June ultimately left Gilead for Toronto, rightfully realizing that she would be more useful in rescuing her daughter and bringing down Gilead outside its borders.

June gets closer to Gilead than she has been in some time in The Handmaid's Tale season 5, episode 5, entering No Man's Land with Luke. Hoping to exchange information with Jaeden, a young Guardian whose allegiance lies with the resistance, the pair make their way into the woods. Compared to Jaeden, Hannah has lived quite a comfortable life. As the "daughter" of Commander MacKenzie, she has grown up with wealth, insulating her from the horrors of the nation that stole her from her real mother. Jaeden, on the other hand, appears to know just what goes on in Gilead, lamenting the fact that people should just be able to "talk to one another" without fear of persecution.

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Jaeden joining the resistance and working as a soldier for Gilead highlights the different ways in which people have been raised in Gilead. Hannah's Handmaid's Tale future is just as grim as Jaeden's, she just doesn't know it. Jaeden has seen firsthand the violence Gilead is capable of — and most certainly perpetuated violence himself — and this has made him resistant to the structures in place. Hannah's comfort, on the other hand, has blinded her, preventing her from questioning the hierarchy of Gilead. This contrast makes Jaeden's death from a landmine all the more tragic, especially after seeing him enjoy simple pleasures like listening to Luke play the piano, bowling in an abandoned alley, and drinking beer.

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Hannah's process of waking up to the true horrors of Gilead takes a lot longer than Jaeden's, and it only comes as a result of self-preservation. In Margaret Atwood's sequel book The Testament, Hannah moves to become an Aunt rather than a wife, and at Ardua Hall, she learns of Gilead's atrocities via documents sent to her secretly by an anonymous source. Hannah's change is gradual; she's not forced to grow up as quickly as Jaeden was, and she's not subject to the war crimes Gilead has committed. Her life as a Commander's daughter, while mostly unseen in the show, is one of luxury.

Despite their differing positions, Hannah and Jaeden do share something in common. After being kidnapped at such a young age, most, if not all, of Hannah's memories are of Gilead. Hannah's life of comfort has only served to underscore what she sees as the good in Gilead and what remains of her memories scare her more than anything, as shown by Hannah's reaction to June in The Handmaid's Tale season 4. Hannah has been conditioned by Gilead like Jaeden, as both children are victims of a regime that use them as pawns rather than grant them the life they deserve.

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