The Poisonwood Bible | Characters
As is typical of her fiction, Kingsolver is closer to her female characters than to her male ones. The most important male character, Nathan Price, remains something of a mystery, and he is almost completely unsympathetic, because we never enter his head or receive his perspective on the events of the novel. We receive a picture of him only as he is seen through the eyes of his wife and daughters, whom he abuses physically and mentally. The closest we get to understanding what drives and motivates him is through Orleanna's memory of the early years of their courtship and marriage. Though...
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