“The Posionwood Bible”, written by Barbara Kingsolver, is a tale of the Price family’s mission trip to spread the word of God in a primitive town called Kilanga within the Belgian Congo. Although the book is about the whole family’s experience, each chapter includes many narrations from different narrators, also known as a multi-voiced narrative. The multi-voiced narrative allows for the reader to view the story through different members of the family, and this reveals previously hidden aspects of the story. Nathan Price, the minister, spearheads the trip, but his narration is not included. The family members within the book who do share their stories are Rachel, Leah, Adah, Ruth May, and their mother Orleanna Price. All characters show growth throughout the book, while they find their
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The most noticeable growth can easily be seen in Leah, because Kingsolver uses textual features such as figurative language, point of view, and diction to show her transformation of entitled religious girl to a humble, mature young woman. In order for Leah to become a mature woman, she must first lose her privileged attitude by experiencing the grueling life in the Congo. In the first chapter, “Genesis”, a naive Leah radiates a sense of fake maturity and arrogance. She thinks extremely highly of her Father and above all else God, “(And Father does, in general, approve of contingencies. For it was God who gave man alone the capacity of foresight)” (Kingsolver 14). Leah longs for the approval of her father and she equates every attribute of humans to God. Kingsolver uses diction when choosing Leah to use the word “contingencies” and italicizes it to show emphasis. The emphasis placed on the word shows how Leah may seem uncomfortable
The most noticeable growth can easily be seen in Leah, because Kingsolver uses textual features such as figurative language, point of view, and diction to show her transformation of entitled religious girl to a humble, mature young woman. In order for Leah to become a mature woman, she must first lose her privileged attitude by experiencing the grueling life in the Congo. In the first chapter, “Genesis”, a naive Leah radiates a sense of fake maturity and arrogance. She thinks extremely highly of her Father and above all else God, “(And Father does, in general, approve of contingencies. For it was God who gave man alone the capacity of foresight)” (Kingsolver 14). Leah longs for the approval of her father and she equates every attribute of humans to God. Kingsolver uses diction when choosing Leah to use the word “contingencies” and italicizes it to show emphasis. The emphasis placed on the word shows how Leah may seem uncomfortable