The Poisonwood Bible

Elisabeth McMahon Ms. Bass AP Literature August 26th, 2015 Character Analysis of Evil Character: Nathan Price from Poisonwood Bible In the novel Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver portrays the struggles of the Price family throughout their journey to the Congo. Nathan Price, the religious father, leads his wife, Orleanna Price and four daughters (Rachel, Ruth May, Leah, and Adah) on a mission trip to Africa. His primary goal in this venture is to convert and baptize as many African souls…

Poisonwood Bible - Nathans Function Nathan Price’s function in The Poisonwood Bible is not only to present the situation of being in the Congo to his family but also to show what happens when a foreign policy, such as religion, is introduced…

Andrew Anthon Given World Literature 05 February 2018 Poisonwood Bible Response #3 The Poisonwood Bible essentially suggests that humans tell stories in order to come to terms with what they experience and to evolve.“To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story” presents the idea of the process of change in life occurring when one acquires the words of a story. This suggests that storytelling is crucial to the process of individual development. “My life: what I stole from history and…

In the novel, The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, Leah Price is exposed to many cases of justice and injustice during her stay in the Congo. Leah’s understanding of justice grew as she grew older, and her search for justice was successful sometimes, but not enough to greatly affect the world around her. Leah’s search was very significant for the work as a whole, and was essential in conveying the main idea of the novel. Leah Price was her fathers’ most fond apprentice. Leah would…

that The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is basically The Wizard of Oz just ever so slightly longer. In the story of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is forever changed from her actions and experiences in Oz into a better person. While in the Congos, Rachel from the The Poisonwood Bible is morally changed from being bad to downright lousy. This Price sister represents America in the story of…

eventual rebellion against these forces. There is no better character to exemplify this than Leah Price seeing as her bravery and inquisitiveness work in conjunction to incite her to challenge her father’s authority. From the beginning of the Poisonwood Bible, Nathan’s despotic ways are evident as he forbids the Price women from exploring Kilanga or interacting with its villagers. As the novel progresses and Leah grows increasingly distant from Nathan, Orleanna lauds her daughter’s newfound…

dark for a long time; they drowned in their material possessions and corrupted views of life. The poem We Grow Accustomed to the Dark brings to light the horrors of darkness and how prevalent these nasty things are in everyone’s life. In the Poisonwood Bible, the women of the Price family learn to acknowledge their darkness and gain a new perspective on life as a result; their eyes have been opened to the true horrors and necessities that come from life, along with the small joys that come…

In The Poisonwood Bible, there are characters that are not given a direct voice. These characters are developed through the voice of the Orleanna Price and her four daughters. One of the characters that do not have a direct voice are the Congolese. The Congolese is developed in very different views from all the four daughters. Each one of the daughters has a different view on the Congolese lifestyle and their beliefs. The youngest daughter, Ruth May Price, does not quite understand the…

In The Poisonwood Bible, the most complex relationship between two characters is between Leah and her father Nathan Price. While the other characters see Nathan for who he is before they enter the Congo, Leah does not. Unable to interact directly with God, Leah transfers her religion onto her father. The figure of her earthly father becomes a stand-in for the figure of her heavenly father. As Leah’s faith in her father wanes, so does her faith in God. For Leah, her father embodies her religion.…

Whenever someone goes to a new place, they have to adapt to their surroundings and often times in causes changes in their behaviors. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, is a novel about a pastor who takes his family to the Belgian Congo on a mission to spread his Christianity beliefs to the Congolese. The mother and the four daughters taken to the Congo were all effected by the Congo environment which in turn lead to changes in the psychological and moral traits of these characters. The…