Every Day Leviathan

They showed her kindness, something her father rarely provided. As Kya matured in the unforgiving embrace of the marsh, loneliness became harder and harder. The feeling of wanting to be loved and a need for human connection pulled on her heart, something that couldn't be found alone in her shack. She finds this bond with Tate Walker, a former friend of her brother. Tate treats Kya as an equal, looking beyond where she lives but truly at the person that she is.

Soon, Henry replaces Lloyd as her lover, inviting him into her life and creating something of a love triangle. The problem in this kind of relationship soon causes strain and tension that starts to rip away Mae’s world, while she remains oblivious to it. Henry, being there fuels her dissent into despair, becoming more vulnerable, when she reveals the effect he has on her, “I am a hungry soul. I am a longing soul. I am an empty soul. (She cries.) I cry with joy. It satisfies

He believes he’s guilty of her death. This hasn’t only affected him but his dad also. His dad is really tough on him ever since the accident that happened. His dad will always call him names, making Nathan feel weak and useless. Nathan wanted

As Nathan was treated poorly throughout the story I really saw him forgive his wife time and time again throughout the book. After the death of Nathan and Ruth’s daughter Ariel their relationship was tested to the max. Ruth would isolate herself from her husband and she almost despised him for not being upset with the Lord. Ruth could not accept how Nathan turned to God because she blamed God for all of this. While Nathan was being ignored, looked as bad, or just despised by his wife, he did not fold in and say whatever I give up. Nathan had an understanding and forgiving mindset he understood why his wife felt like this. Nathan forgave his wife while she was in the progress of despises him. Nathan never acted this way towards her, he simply turned the other cheek. Nathan showed a great will power by being able to forgive his wife so easily. This spoke volumes because he simply lived his life in a forgiving manner. As Nathan showed his faith and forgiveness through the story I saw a true man of God. Nathan lived in such a way where he could forgive people for the things they did and this was because of how strong he was in his faith. Living a life like Nathan means to live a life for God. A true man of God allowed for Nathan to live a very purposeful life.

Throughout the novel, Nathan exhibits cruelty towards his family and the villagers. Cruelty is a direct antonym of Love. Looking back to the Bible, Paul states in a letter to the: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love ( New International Version, 1 Corinthians 13:13).” While Nathan may be spreading faith and hope, because of his cruelty, he is certainly not showing love, which according to scripture is the most important. Instead of loving his wife Orleanna, Nathan rebukes her many times for no reason and even acts out in physical cruelty by roughly batting Orleanna away as she tried to nurse his wounds. Nathan’s actions are again hypocritical and go directly against the Bible says. Paul, in another letter, writes “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” (Ephesians 5:25). Ultimately Nathan is not able to convince any of the villagers to be baptized because he has not showed love and therefore not God to them. John, another apostle, states to a church that is struggling with false prophets: “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love”(1 John 4:8). One may conclude from these verses that even though Nathan Price may have some knowledge of the Bible, he truly does not know God,

Acts Of Vampires: Fosters; How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Nice To Eat You: Acts Of Vampires, explains the concept of vampirism not as the actual act of biting and consuming a person's life force, but as the destruction of innocence in regards only to personal desire. Foster says “the essentials of the vampire story [include]... an older figure representing corrupt, outworn values; a young.. female; a stripping away of her youth” (Foster 19). Nathan, in The Poisonwood Bible, is displayed as the older figure representing corrupt, outworn values who refused to respect the autonomy of others and focusses on his personal desires over the needs of others. This is first displayed in Nathan's introduction speech after the dinner during their

Nathan is a loving and caring character. He cares and loves his family. He was devastated when he found out Lydia was dead. “Nath it's not your fault” (pge. 286)The quote shows that Nath feels/thinks it's his

Nathan Price struggles with survivor's guilt from WWII. This grief weighs him down, and it not only causes him to be hard on himself personally, it causes him to be hard on his wife and four daughters. He sees himself as a coward, however, in order to hide how he truly views himself, he shows himself off as brave and strong. In reality, Nathan is a coward for hiding himself behind God, and a selfish man for not letting himself commiserate with others. Along with trying to make himself seem like something he is not, he convinces himself that he is going to save the souls of the Congolese people using God’s power. In reality, he is just trying to save his spot in Heaven since he is so guilty about not dying in WWII. Nathan Price has a certain moral code and if anyone, including his family, disobeys it, he believes they should then be punished by God. He also thinks that God will frown upon any actions that are not centered on God. For example, Nathan does not even take the time to love his own wife and daughters. "Father would sooner watch us all perish one by one than listening to anybody but himself"

Nathan's failure to utilize bangala properly and his insufficient compassion for others cause him to be portrayed as a poorly founded and egotistical missionary. His inability to convert the Congolese parallels the difficulty he faces in attempting to

Every time Nathan was present in the story I was immediately displeased and wanted him gone. His vulgar comments and actions anger the reader so much, and Kingsolver wanted that image to stay. She wanted the readers to hate him so they can sympathize with Orleanna and her daughters. If she included his narrations in the book, the reader could possibly see his “soft side,” and his anger. His frustration has to have a root somewhere (his horrific experience in the war), and with the exposure of his own thoughts and feelings, the reader would be able to witness them and have a new opinion of him. For the purpose of The Poisonwood Bible though, Nathan had to remain the antagonist and stay the “bad

The reason why Nathan and Leah have this conflict is because of Nathan’s narrow-mindedness and lack of self awareness. The main purpose of The Poisonwood Bible is to show how different people deal with guilt. Nathan however has no guilt, and this is the source of many conflicts with Leah. Nathan has no self-awareness. When he does something he never thinks of his family, he only thinks

Waters. Here, Nathan abandoned the feeling of having more academic promise than his brothers and instead, traded in better education for acceptance. This is the beginning of Nathan’s downfall.

explains what it was like before she stopped listening to Nathan: “Feared Him, loved Him,

“She was all I wanted. And I took her away” (8). Lily wonders why is it so difficult to forgive someone, moreover to forgive herself and move on. Gradually, she understands and forgives T. Ray because she sees that his heart and pride shatters due to Debora’s abandonment, causing him to vent out his anger and despair on Lily. She forgives her mother after understanding her difficult circumstances at that time.

Then two days later, A decides to go see Rhiannon in Amy Tran’s body. A says