Belgian Congo

I believe Orleanna tells the story looking back on Africa because she experienced Africa as a grown woman. Nothing from her experience in the Congo was sugar coated and for all anyone knows she may have PTSD from the experience and these are recurring nightmares. Whereas the girls tell it as if it is happening in the present because they are young and only coming of age as their experience in

ventures from Georgia to the Congo the narration affects the tone and theme of the story. In this novel each narrator represents an event when America interfered with the Congo. The culmination of American influenced, racism and sexism proved to create the separation of the Price family. The oldest daughter, Rachel Price, due to her age was majorly affected by western ideals. Therefore, in this novel she is a representation of the western interference in the Congo. In Genesis, Rachel was disappointed

The Poisonwood Bible tells the story of the Price family’s mission trip to the Congo and the events that followed the voyage. While a majority of the novel takes place in Africa, Kingsolver references Georgia, the home of the Price family, which contrast to Kilanga. Some of differences are minuscule, such as clothing; others are major. In the novel, Kingsolver employs these two locations to show the reader the diversity of the locations, to symbolize safety and danger through these symbolic lands

The theme of Religion is evident in the novel The Poisonwood Bible. It’s obvious that religion plays a huge role in the book and the Price family. Orleanna, the mother of the price family does not seem like she is very religious. She seems to just go with the flow of her family. She says she “had washed up there on the riptide of my husband’s confidence and the undertow of my children's needs” (Kingsolver 9). This passage shows that Orleanna is a pretty depressed mother/wife. She’s saying this because

coping mechanisms. In the novel The Poisonwood Bible, By Barbara Kingsolver, each member of the Price family deals with a personal guilt either gained while on their mission in the Congo or long before. This novel exemplifies the different types of guilt the Price family experienced throughout their stay in the Congo, and shows various means of reconciliation and forgiveness as the guilt is absolved. One method of dealing with guilt is to saturate one’s self

societies dating back hundreds of years. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, illustrates this oppression by providing an instance of its occurrence in the Congo of Africa, while simultaneously setting the stage for The Poisonwood Bible, which is essentially the continuation of the story. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, demonstrates how the Congo is still affected by modern circumstances and ideology. Conrad’s novella acts as a sort of precursor to the events later depicted in Kingsolver’s novel

hint that something is going to happen to their family that leads them to ruins. I believe the “you” Orleanna is speaking to is the daughter that she lost in Congo as she introduces herself as “Southern Baptist by marriage, mother of children living and dead” (Kingsolver 7). This reveals the biggest disaster that occured during their time in Congo. Orleanna speaks from a time in the future to further enhance the feeling of guilt. She feels that she helped her husband accomplish his ungodly actions while

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver tried to express. The aforementioned book is about an American family from Georgia, which leaves the comfort of the USA to go to a missionary mission in the country of Congo, in the town of Kilanga. Throughout the novel, it can be seen how the Congo either changes or reveals the true personalities of its 5 narrators (Orleanna, Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May). This can be seen through the use of different motifs, some which even contradict each other help

stumbles upon a plethora of misfortunes upon the first month of their arrival to the Congo. What is meant to be a mission trip instantly turns into an experience of uncertainty. Leah, a member of the Price family, even states “Without that rock of certainty underfoot, the Congo is a fearsome place to have to sink or swim” (Kingsolver 244). Throughout The Poisonwood Bible, written by Barbara Kingsolver, the Republic of Congo owns the residents; with it’s revenge for betrayal of traditions, the multiple

the lives of the Price Family women and how a year of missionary work while living in the Congo forever changed their lives. A very important aspect of the plot in The Poisonwood Bible is that the husband of the Price family, Nathan, is the entire reason for the story. His unyielding desire to become a missionary and carry out what he believed to be God’s work is what led to the families living in the Congo and destroying the bonds the Prices had with each other. Throughout the story Nathan Price