When you have only one narrator, not only can their views be untrustworthy - but you only have one perspective on the situations that unfold. In order to construct your own opinion, you must first see a story from many different angles. In the Poisonwood Bible, we get that opportunity. If we had read the entire novel from Rachel’s point of view, we would have the impression that Leah thinks her father is always right. However, we get to read firsthand what she was thinking, and through this we get
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Barbara Kingsolver’s Poisonwood Bible tells the story of the Price family's arrival and failed assimilation of baptism in the village of Kilanga. Reverend Nathan Price selfishly leds his wife and four daughters to the harsh and unforgiving African Congo in hopes to exoterically save the souls of the villagers. Nathan failed to see the significance in unchanged traditional culture and only wished to promote his self interest. This same selfish promotion tragically brings the Price family to it’s
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After reading about Barbara Ehrenreigh’s plight in Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, living as a low-wage worker is almost impossible, especially if issues are present that will impact work. For the amount of money earned, a bare bones lifestyle was extremely difficult to meet. Her standard of living, or “the level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic style” (Griffiths et al., 2015, p. 202), decreased notably from her former
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The Poisonwood Bible Journal Responses The reason that Orleanna describes the forest scene so detailed is because we, the viewers, can almost perfectly picture said scene. It shows us how beautiful the nature is, and what Orleanna sees through her eyes. It shows us an inside to a little bit of her personality, and how she views the world. Focus on the positive and disregard the negative. She talks in past tense because she hasn't grasped on the whole concept of the thing yet I think. While
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Nickel and Dimed is written by Barbra Ehrenreich, she tries to show us how she did as a low wage worker. She although has good points about some flaws with the system, she tries to pin it all on the government. Ehrenreich does well showing the underbelly of society, but her personal motivation is quite mysterious and well hidden within the book. She points out that cost of housing is hard for the poor and the prices have skyrocketed beyond reason. Ehrenreich seams to forget that minimum wage is
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enjoyable reading time. I felt the characters were extremely well developed with vastly different but similar personalities that were in constant conflict with one another, giving a dramatic recount of life on account of the Congo. This quote from Barbara Kingsolver summarizes most of what I felt; “Though I’m finished with it, I’m
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Happiness and Positive Emotions The United States Declaration of Independence states: “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”. To mention happiness in such an important document that would later go on to be the foundation of an entire country, carries a lot of weight and meaning. Most Americans agree that happiness is an important part of one’s life. Even though different cultures have a different perception of happiness, it is still plays a significant role. Research has been done which states
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Reflection of Nickel and Dimed This experiment was an interesting challenge for the author, Barbara Ehrenreich. Ehrenreich could have just written a book about poverty and the low wage work force by collecting research from other people but instead she got out there and did the work herself. At times, especially in the first chapter, Ehrenreich would seem like she was not working hard and giving up but she eventually got over these feelings. Ehrenreich was not too picky about her choice of jobs
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After reading “Calling Home” written by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, and Camille Kingsolver, I have gained a different perspective on America’s food culture and farming. I always felt that farming was just raising animals so that they could be sold off to processing plants so we can have our next piece of steak or chicken. In my opinion, when the authors of the book discuss “oily food” they mean the oil and gas that it takes to consume our food, whether it be the oil in our food or the oil
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Summer Reading Book Project-Book Report The book The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, is about a young girl from rural Kentucky, who decides to leave Kentucky for good and go on a journey, but soon finds herself the mother of a baby girl. This young girl is Marietta Greer, but on her journey, changed her name to Taylor Greer because of a promise she made to herself to change her name to wherever the gas tank ran out. As Taylor was heading west, her car broke down in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma
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