Despite the African setting, 'The Poisonwood Bible' can be seen as an attack on American Society. Discuss

By moving Nathan Price, a missionary from Georgia, and his wife and four children to the Belgian Congo, Kingsolver offers a backdrop that demonstrates the flaws in America's society, especially their religious attitudes and political ideologies at a time when the Congo was seeking its independence. Kingsolver described her novel as a "political allegory"1, and the family as a whole demonstrate this, while individual characters, such as Nathan and Rachel Price more obviously act to …

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