Poisonwood Bible Essay on Characters

The children of Nathaniel Price did not ask to be born unto him; if they would have had choice, the four daughters would have most likely settled elsewhere. Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible is a realistic-fiction novel which captures a Georgia family beginning a mission trip in Africa under rule of a insensitive father; with them they bring the gospel of the Lord into the deep Congo jungle. Through trials and tribulations, the father …

…life with the happiness and solace in the freedom that America holds. Africa takes grasp on each character in The Poisonwood Bible; Kingsolver demonstrates change and development transition taken from America to the deep jungles of Congo. This particular mission overall proves that change is inevitable to a variety of characters, and that of the development from child to an adult. Africa took toll on the women and stayed with them comfortably until the end.