Examples Of Injustice In The Poisonwood Bible

In the book, “The Poisonwood Bible” there is a rather interesting character, named Nathan Price. The tone used to describe Nathan Price in the book is always related to his cruelty, oppressiveness and the devious way he acts throughout the book. The tone used by his wife and daughters throughout the novel produces the feeling that he is the main Antagonist in the book. Nathan is also extremely abusive against his wife and daughters. He is an extremist, a coward and a terrible preacher. His lack of knowledge about God and more importantly, life in general, cause everyone in the novel to despise him, especially his family. Nathan Price was so desperate about preaching, he decided to move from the United States to the Congo. This is ironic

Nathan’s motives in the novel are to change the religious traditions of the Congolese people and replace them with his views on what religion should be. Nathan is the reason all the Prices were dragged to this place. He feels that he can fix these people, which is an example of western cultural arrogance. While Nathan is the driving force for this theme, all the Prices are guilty of cultural arrogance in this novel. Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May all portray that their coming to Africa is meant to bring a superior way of life to the Congolese.

Modern Classics, 2005. 41. Print). This shows that Nathan Price believes that justice comes in

Nathan's quest to save the souls of the Congolese people was a very arduous task. He had to deal with people who were of different faiths and beliefs. Nathan being rigid and insular to the Congolese people beliefs and customs he refuses to understand and respect the beliefs of these people. Instead, he imposed his doctrines unto them and demanding that they become Christians and for them to believe that his religion is correct and that no other religion follows. This egomaniac behavior was demonstrated during one of his encounter with Tata Ndu, the chief of Kikango when he was told that the people of Congo were not Christians, Nathan was outraged because he thought that they were committing an act of sin since they did not believe in Jesus Christ. As Leah listened to her father she began to realize how ignorant her father was towards the Congolese people and their beliefs. It was during this time she began to question her faith.

Nathan Price believes that it is his duty to move his family to the Congo and complete God’s plan for him as a missionary to help the people find salvation. This idea doesn’t seem entirely out of place after we see Brother Fowles illustrate his cultural and moral interpretations of Bible scripture. However it is not seen until the end of the book, Nathan Price’s need to please God does not lie with the people of the Congo, but for himself. The more Nathan Price tries to relay his own way to God, the father detached he becomes from the Congolese people and his

In Kingsolver’s intriguing novel, which focuses on the hardships and lessons learned from an ordinary American family, the Price family travels to do missionary work in the Congo’s during the 1960’s. The former missionary worker visits the family and says to them, “Remember that you do not support the root; the root supports you” (252). This quote will recheck some perspective from the family. Transition Visualize this, being able to travel to the Congo’s during the 1960s. An experience like never before, where the land itself provides for the animals, nether less the people. Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible explores the nature of the Congo, taking the Congo into a postcolonial perspective. First, the Price family

earn money." It highlights the fact that the bible can't save him now like it once did back when he

A single-minded and headstrong Southern Baptist preacher, Nathan Price, is one the character who we do not hear from in the book. He moves his family of all girls to Congo, Africa for missionary work but only to make his family realize what kind of a person he is. A very self-righteous person who cares about his own personal salvation. The garden incident is one that shows his true colors. He plants a garden that would work back home, but he refuses to bend to the new culture. So when momma Tatba tells him to do it another way and changes it for him, he is infuriated and changes it back, only to later he realizes he wrong but his pride does not let go.

He was fully God, yet fully man. He dared not change the plan without the Father’s approval. He states, “everything is possible for you.” This was not to remind God, it was putting His situation in God’s hands.

even in the midst of persecution and assures believers that the Lord will keep his promise to us.

He sees God as his only savior from all the tyranny and worldly temptations “ take me to You, imprison me, for I, Except You enthrall me, never shall be free”

become whatever it is he is to become. He knows he was kept alive for some

reveal the presence and power of God in his life. According to one scholar, “the overall unity of

of his ways and being restored. There were many consequences for his actions. He longed to seek God 's face again like when he was just a lad, full of the

Etc. but those don’t deter him from achieving his goal. Likewise biblically, in Mathew 7:13-14, we read in scriptures that the road to salvation is not easy at all, there are many obstacles but only the courageous and determined are the only ones who can reach their destination