Barbara Gordon

The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver’s debut novel, was written while she was pregnant with her first child. The novel was published 1988, soon after the second wave of feminism, and shortly before the third wave. The Bean Trees follows the journey of Taylor Greer, as she leaves her hometown in Kentucky and travels across the country in her push start Volkswagen, to escape the traditions of Kentucky – such as teenage pregnancy, getting married at a young age, and frittering away her life. She is…

Barbra McClintock was born June 16, 1902, in Hartford, Connecticut (Editors). The third of four children born to physician Thomas McClintock and wife Sarah, McClintock was christened Eleanor, though her parents soon began to call her Barbra believing the nickname better suited her pragmatic demeanor (“Barbra McClintock”). Barbra demonstrated an interest in science from a young age, perhaps influenced by her father’s profession (Editors). At the age of seventeen, she graduated from high school…

Trevor Lynskey is a very joyful and easy-going dance teacher at Lincoln HIgh School. He is an alumnus of the University of Santa Barbara, majoring in dance. Mr. Lynskey is a quite cheerful and relaxed person. He was quite enthusiastic while talking about his time in college. He is the type of person who likes to focus on the good times even when a situation is looking like it’s going down. He is very encouraging to his students and loves to help them better themselves. Growing up isn’t exactly…

“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…

Kingsolver makes the Poisonwood Bible a unique experience by telling the story from five different points of view. She tells the story from a mother and four daughter’s point of view. Each of the characters portrays the story in their own distinct way. The story is told by either Orleanna, Adah, Ruth May, Leah, or Rachel and they all speak in the first-person. The husband of Orleanna and father of the four girls, Nathan Price, is the only member of the Price family who doesn’t have a voice in…

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darkness moving upon the face of the waters. She seems to be telling the story looking back on her time in Africa because she is trapped in the past, whereas the other girls are not. This is because Orleanna is haunted by her experiences in Africa. Barbara Kingsolver uses voice to characterize each sister by making them each have their own individual voice. For example, it is easy to differentiate Ruth May’s voice because she has a child-like voice and is often questioning everything. In my…

Nickel and Dimed: Stratified American Society According to Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, the common belief that hard work leads to a successful life in the United States of America, regardless of one’s cultural and economic background, is only an encouraging fabrication. Gender inequality is only one specimen demolishing the manifest American Dream by, for instance, the lack of women in managerial positions, as well as gender-neutral performance…

Anna Lucas Mrs. Berry AP Literature IV- 7 18 January 2018 A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of The Poisonwood Bible “To be, or not to be” is at the crux of humanity’s downfall. To have a personhood is in absence of the “uncivilized” and “inhumane.” Colonialism fabricated dialectic oppositions of race to maintain economic dominance and secure a sense of self in the colonizer. Kingsolver’s postcolonial nineties novel, “The Poisonwood Bible”, she critiques imperialist, racist, sexist, and ablest…

After reading Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, I have learned that Ally is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the book, Ally is stubborn, eventually, Ally becomes brave and confident. she stands up for herself, family, and friends. These character traits were observed through Ally ’s actions, dialogue, relationships, choices, and problems. Ally and I connect through our school experiences, she doesn't like to read and does not know how to read well. In my case, I do not enjoy…