The Poisonwood Bible
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In Barbara KingsolverĘs The Poisonwood Bible two plots inform the novel which tells the story of three decades in the life of an American family transplanted to Africa by the father. The first, and central plot, centers on the Price family from its beginnings in Georgia to its missionary journey to Africa where tyrannical, self-righteous Nathan Price plans to spread the word of the Christian God and save the souls of the ōuncivilized natives.ö The consequences and aftermath of NathanĘs misguided undertaking is also dealt with. The secondary plot, which is interlaced with the first, deals with the violent political struggles of the Belgian Congo in the 1960s. Although the emotional locus is NathanĘs wife Orleanna and his four daughters, the conflicts in the Congo are as engrossing as the conflicts of the Price family. The structure of the novel depends on multiple narrators, the four children and mother, who tell the story in alternating chapters. Each narrator has a distinct personality, and the perspectives of their situation differ accordingly. Orleanna is a conventional, resigned, obedient wife on the surface; ultimately, however, she takes charge and undergoes the g
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Approximate Word count = 796
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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