nn-Katleen Pierre Louis Seraphin
Miss Given
World Literature Honors
5 February 2018
The poisonwood Bible This novel argues that everyone sees things in their own perspective; a story will be different if told by more than one person. Adah says that ‘everyone is trying to invent’ their own ‘version of the story;’ they each have their own opinion and reaction (Kingsolver 492). Not two person are the same, therefore they will not have the same reaction to the same event. As noticed in the story, the perspective of a five-year-old is very different from the perspective of a teenager or an adult. Ruth May’s narration has a childish tone, she sees the good in everyone and does not overthink or analyse thing like her older siblings. Adah sees the …show more content…
She views life as this balance of good and bad; some people die while others are born, there is drought and there is flood; it is a constant cycle. Leah perhaps had the most noticeable character development, at first she views her father as a saint and describes him as such but in the end she realises that he also has flaws. Her fight for justice is her way of finding redemption, so her narration is about all the injustice happening in the Congo. Rachel also sees things differently, she is self-centered and so is her story; she rarely talks about the things happening to other people but herself. Her story is about her life and the things that happens to her. Even though they all witness the same events, the women …show more content…
Nommo is the “force that makes things live” (Kingsolver 209). This concept can also mean name, since the name makes the thing unique. In the book “The Eyes in the Trees,” Ruth May says that she is muntu, she is one with the forest and the Congo, with no distinction between them. In the last book, Ruth May addresses her mother and her sisters sayng that she forgives them. She accuses them of pleading her “for release” when they are the ones holding on to the past (Kingsolver 537). Ruth May says that she is “the Eyes in the Trees, “The glide of belly on branch. The mouth thrown open wide, sky blue. I am all that is here. The eyes in the trees never blink” just like she had always wished to be (Kingsolver 537). This quote inform the reader that her wish has been granted and that she is now where she belongs. She is now a green mamba in the forest, on top of a tree. She is a part of Africa, a spirit, neither alive or dead, like a muntu. Ruth May has found
Miss Given
World Literature Honors
5 February 2018
The poisonwood Bible This novel argues that everyone sees things in their own perspective; a story will be different if told by more than one person. Adah says that ‘everyone is trying to invent’ their own ‘version of the story;’ they each have their own opinion and reaction (Kingsolver 492). Not two person are the same, therefore they will not have the same reaction to the same event. As noticed in the story, the perspective of a five-year-old is very different from the perspective of a teenager or an adult. Ruth May’s narration has a childish tone, she sees the good in everyone and does not overthink or analyse thing like her older siblings. Adah sees the …show more content…
She views life as this balance of good and bad; some people die while others are born, there is drought and there is flood; it is a constant cycle. Leah perhaps had the most noticeable character development, at first she views her father as a saint and describes him as such but in the end she realises that he also has flaws. Her fight for justice is her way of finding redemption, so her narration is about all the injustice happening in the Congo. Rachel also sees things differently, she is self-centered and so is her story; she rarely talks about the things happening to other people but herself. Her story is about her life and the things that happens to her. Even though they all witness the same events, the women …show more content…
Nommo is the “force that makes things live” (Kingsolver 209). This concept can also mean name, since the name makes the thing unique. In the book “The Eyes in the Trees,” Ruth May says that she is muntu, she is one with the forest and the Congo, with no distinction between them. In the last book, Ruth May addresses her mother and her sisters sayng that she forgives them. She accuses them of pleading her “for release” when they are the ones holding on to the past (Kingsolver 537). Ruth May says that she is “the Eyes in the Trees, “The glide of belly on branch. The mouth thrown open wide, sky blue. I am all that is here. The eyes in the trees never blink” just like she had always wished to be (Kingsolver 537). This quote inform the reader that her wish has been granted and that she is now where she belongs. She is now a green mamba in the forest, on top of a tree. She is a part of Africa, a spirit, neither alive or dead, like a muntu. Ruth May has found