I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible... " - -Adah P.638, The Poisonwood Bible Why is there no narrative of Nathan Price? Quite simply, Nathan Price was the real author of the Poisonwood Bible, and exactly as Adah describes him he did not believe that he could speak anything but utter truth. ... -Adah P.491, The Poisonwood Bible The reason for the writing of this book is for a release. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Poisionwood Bible and Night Comparison/Contrast Essay The two books, Night and The Poisonwood Bible, carry the same general theme: change. ... Night and The Poisonwood Bible are similar based on their illustrations of change and the effects of the change, and differ in how the change motivates them. ... Compared to Night, where the reader sees the changes take place physically, The Poisonwood Bible portrays change mentally. ... The Poisonwood Bible exemplifies a transformation as four girls become three women. ...

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Barbara Kingsolver develops Leah by following her from the naive teenager she was to the mother of four, married to an African man and still living in Africa. At first, like the rest of the Price family, Leah was hesitant to associate with the Congolese. By the end of the novel, she was assimilate...

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1. Choose a passage that contains striking imagery. Analyze the passage and explain the effect on the work as a whole. "I reached out and clung for life with my good left hand like a claw, grasping at moving legs to raise myself from the dirt. Desperate to save myself in a river of people saving th...

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• Grade Level: High School