The Poisonwood Bible: Analysis of Orleanna Price

AnalysisPart II: Analysis of Book Titles Genesis Just like the first book in the Bible, the first book of The Poisonwood Bible is named Genesis. As well as the beginning, Genesis can also mean rebirth. When characters arrive in the Congo they realize the things they brought with them are changed by Africa and can no longer be as they once were. In this way, Genesis symbolizes the process of becoming their new selves. For instance, the first chapter in The Poisonwood Bible, narrated by Orleanna, strongly

Based on the book blurb, The Poisonwood Bible is described as a very straightforward story about a family of missionaries who travel to Africa to spread the good word, but run into problems when the Congolese people are not as open to the new religion as hoped by the missionaries. However, once the reader begins to analyze the text, they realize this family was not at all predictable or straightforward. From beginning to end, Kingsolver uses detailed imagery of the Price family, the Congo setting,

through what we sacrifice. In the Poisonwood Bible, Orleanna Price values only her daughters and herself. Through her sacrifices can this value be seen. From distancing herself from her own husband to only saving her children from death, we see her love for her daughters and her love for herself. Through this we see how her sacrifice illuminates the character’s values and provides a deeper understanding of the meaning of the work The Poisonwood Bible as a whole. Orleanna and Nathan had a seemingly normal

Narrator Analysis In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, Poisonwood Bible, she used the transition between narrators which shed light on the perspective of each member of the Price family. The Price family ventures from Georgia to the Congo led by their father, a Baptist Minister. Throughout their journey each narrator dramatically changes. The families influence on the Congo is parallel to western influence in the Congo. Father to the Price family, Nathan Price emerged his family into this mission in the

past events. Everyone deals with these in different ways, sometimes turning to religion and denial as 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

I am still attempting to completely grasp Flaubert’s reasoning for making Emma Bovary so unrelatable and unlikeable. With the unfortunate last portion of her life it might have been reasonable to guess it would be enjoyable for the reader to observe such a horrendous demsie for the unlikable protagonist. However I doubt this because she leaves behind Charles. He is a character the reader feels, at the very least, sympathy for and at the very most can relate to from their own relationships. Because