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The Poisonwood Bible study guide contains a biography of Barbara Kingsolver, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.The magazine The Nation argues that The Poisonwood Bible is, fundamentally, a book about the struggle for freedom in all its different forms. (One could say that Freedom is the overarching theme of the book, while the 4 themes listed below are particularly important cases of the struggle for freedom.).The Poisonwood Bible details the Congo's recent history, what it's like to live through it, and just how different the people's lives are from our cushy American lifestyle. If you're going to visit the Congo, you'll need a lot more than an up-to-date map. Questions About Contrasting Regions: Congo and United States.
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Poisonwood Bible, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Freedom, Growth, and Coming-of-age. Religion and Faith. Women and Sexism. Race, Racism, and Culture. Imperialism. Summary Analysis Orleanna still remembers the smell of Africa—a smell she finds almost impossible to bear. The smell reminds her of her mistakes.The Poisonwood Bible (1998), by Barbara Kingsolver, is a best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River.
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959.They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil.
