Kenely Rodriguez
Miss Given
11 Honors English
5 January 2018
Response Journal #3 In Kingsolver’s “The Poisonwood Bible,” they are trying to explain how storytelling has many sides. It is like when someone says there are three sides to the story, mine, yours, and the truth. Orleanna Price seems to be the one that can not move on from Africa even though she is in America. When in the book, she says, “To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know,” Orleanna is referring to the loss of Ruth May, her daughter (385). She holds onto this burden even after leaving the Congo, even though she does not speak on it. …show more content…
First, the family travels to Africa to help spread the word about Christianity to the Congolese people. The author, shows the many struggles the Price family goes through because of this. The people of the Congo do not care for Nathan’s lessons, and lectures and want to stick to their beliefs. They believe the Price family and “their god,” will bring them bad luck and misfortune. Nathan then becomes evil, trying to spread the word of God. A religious allegory is when a story has a meaning behind it, and many times it can be religious or political. The meaning, or message behind the religious aspect of this particular book is to show how one can grow blind to their mistakes as did Nathan Price. Nathan’s morals, or priorities became all out of whack when he started going crazy trying to get his beliefs across to the people of Africa. I find it ironic how Nathan seems to believe so strong in the word of God, and the bible, but he seems to be opposite of a good man in the bible’s eyes. What I mean by this, is that Nathan does not seem to protect his family, he neglects them and pushes them aside. He also becomes aggressive in the novel and loses sight of what is suppose to matter most, his family. “The PoisonWood Bible,” can also be viewed as a political allegory because of the racial, freedom, and election issues. When the Price family arrives to Africa they are looked at funny because of …show more content…
Yes, when Ruth May dies, when Leah talks about thinking she lost a baby and not even knowing, or when Adah talks about leaving her limp behind the reader feels as if they are close to the characters and feels the sadness, or happiness they feel, but not like this. Book seven, the author made it seem like in some way Ruth May was responding for the last time. What Kingsolver is trying to do with this last chapter of the book is, give some kind of relief, not only to Orleanna but I believe to the reader as well. Ruth May in this section is telling her mother to forgive herself, and to move on from the Congo and their misfortune, to find peace with herself. Although this goes with the novel for the author to do this as relief to Orleanna I believe in some way it is meant to relieve the reader as well. Although, I am not exactly one hundred percent sure what it is relieving the reader from, I feel this way because why would the author just include this last section for “Orleanna’s sake,” when it really would not mean much to the reader if it was just for
Miss Given
11 Honors English
5 January 2018
Response Journal #3 In Kingsolver’s “The Poisonwood Bible,” they are trying to explain how storytelling has many sides. It is like when someone says there are three sides to the story, mine, yours, and the truth. Orleanna Price seems to be the one that can not move on from Africa even though she is in America. When in the book, she says, “To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know,” Orleanna is referring to the loss of Ruth May, her daughter (385). She holds onto this burden even after leaving the Congo, even though she does not speak on it. …show more content…
First, the family travels to Africa to help spread the word about Christianity to the Congolese people. The author, shows the many struggles the Price family goes through because of this. The people of the Congo do not care for Nathan’s lessons, and lectures and want to stick to their beliefs. They believe the Price family and “their god,” will bring them bad luck and misfortune. Nathan then becomes evil, trying to spread the word of God. A religious allegory is when a story has a meaning behind it, and many times it can be religious or political. The meaning, or message behind the religious aspect of this particular book is to show how one can grow blind to their mistakes as did Nathan Price. Nathan’s morals, or priorities became all out of whack when he started going crazy trying to get his beliefs across to the people of Africa. I find it ironic how Nathan seems to believe so strong in the word of God, and the bible, but he seems to be opposite of a good man in the bible’s eyes. What I mean by this, is that Nathan does not seem to protect his family, he neglects them and pushes them aside. He also becomes aggressive in the novel and loses sight of what is suppose to matter most, his family. “The PoisonWood Bible,” can also be viewed as a political allegory because of the racial, freedom, and election issues. When the Price family arrives to Africa they are looked at funny because of …show more content…
Yes, when Ruth May dies, when Leah talks about thinking she lost a baby and not even knowing, or when Adah talks about leaving her limp behind the reader feels as if they are close to the characters and feels the sadness, or happiness they feel, but not like this. Book seven, the author made it seem like in some way Ruth May was responding for the last time. What Kingsolver is trying to do with this last chapter of the book is, give some kind of relief, not only to Orleanna but I believe to the reader as well. Ruth May in this section is telling her mother to forgive herself, and to move on from the Congo and their misfortune, to find peace with herself. Although this goes with the novel for the author to do this as relief to Orleanna I believe in some way it is meant to relieve the reader as well. Although, I am not exactly one hundred percent sure what it is relieving the reader from, I feel this way because why would the author just include this last section for “Orleanna’s sake,” when it really would not mean much to the reader if it was just for