It tells the story of a religious family travelling the south who meet two rich young men on the road. That night the leading character Rachel does snake handling, not for entertainment, as she tells the more serious young man, Mr. Pattinson, but as part of her faith and religious practice. After she pulls the rattler out of its box, the young man’s stares unnerve Rachel enough that she feels fear--something strange to her snake handling. For a moment she stops convinced that she will be bitten, but then she overcomes this challenge to her faith and falls deeply into the experience, so much so, that the Spirit takes her to another place. She is later bitten and her father confines her to their trailer home but that doesn’t stop Rachel. Rachel finds herself speaking often with Mr.
It tells the story of a religious family travelling the south who meet two rich young men on the road. That night the leading character Rachel does snake handling, not for entertainment, as she tells the more serious young man, Mr. Pattinson, but as part of her faith and religious practice. After she pulls the rattler out of its box, the young man’s stares unnerve Rachel enough that she feels fear--something strange to her snake handling. For a moment she stops convinced that she will be bitten, but then she overcomes this challenge to her faith and falls deeply into the experience, so much so, that the Spirit takes her to another place. She is later bitten and her father confines her to their trailer home but that doesn’t stop Rachel. Rachel finds herself speaking often with Mr.