The Poisonwood Bible Homework Help

What kind of historical, political, or social balance emerges in the Poisonwood Bible?

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What is the signifance of the open and closing scene.

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How does Kingsolver's use of multiple narrators enhance the theme, meaning, or purpose of the work as a whole? I must first establish a...

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What makes this story part of our lives today?  

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What is the significance of the ending/closing scene in the poisonwood bible?

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In The Poisonwood Bible, how does Adah respond to the corruption in Africa? 

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How does the story of Ham and Jim Crow connect with the Prices and the Congo?

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Wfat is the meaning of the names of the characters?

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What do the characters symbolize in The Poisonwood Bible?

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What is "the verse" from The Poisonwood Bible?Book One Adah's Chapter

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Are there any plans for a film version of The Poisonwood Bible?  

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In the Poisonwood bible, Kingsolver states: “The four sisters and Orleanna represent five separate philosophical positions what are those...

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The Poisonwood Bible makes use of such references as the Bible. Why and how does Kingsolver uses such allusions to deepen our understanding of...

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What does each sister reveal about herself and the other three, their relationships, their mother and father, and their lives in Africa?

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Where does the title, The poisonwood bible originate?i also have to explain the significance but i understand that, what i dont undertstand is...

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What is the significance of the title "The Poisonwood Bible"? Why did the author choose this title specifically?

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What is the main theme of Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible?  

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What is an example of dramatic irony within The Poisonwood Bible?

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What are the archetypes associated with the characters in the Poisonwood Bible?In English 12 correspondence I am working on character...

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In The Poisonwood Bible, the characters represent different philosophical, political approaches.  What are they?

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At the end of the Poisonwood Bible a woman says that there is no village past Kilanga. What does this mean?At the novel's end, the...

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In The Poisonwood Bible what figurative and rhetorical devices does Barbra Kingsolver use to separate Leah from her sisters?

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Explain how NATHAN and RACHEL are alike, and what part this similarity plays in furthering the message of the book.THANKS!

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How does Kingsolver present the double themes of captivity and freedom and of love and betrayal in The Poisonwood Bible?

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What concept of justice does each member of the Price family and other characters hold?At Bikoki Station, in 1965, Leah reflects, "I still...

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Is Nathan Price treated fairly in The Poisonwood Bible?Why or why not

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In "Book Six" of The Poisonwood Bible, Adah proclaims, "this is the story I believe in..." What is that story?

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What is the author's style in The Posionwood Bible?Can you give examples of that style?

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In the Poisonwood Bible, how does political revolution and upheaval cause dramatic, sometimes distorted shifts in societies?

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In The Poisonwood Bible, how does the Reverend Price attempt to use religion to acquire personal power?

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In The Poisonwood Bible, how does Kingsolver use diction and syntax to create a unique voice for each of the five female characters?

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In The Poisonwood Bible, what attitudes about indigenous people are harbored by whites in the 1960's and even today?What can industrialized...

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In The Poisonwood Bible, what was the society in the Congo like?Were the people civilized or not? Describe the society.

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What is the significance of the opening scene in The Poisonwood Bible?What does it mean, and why does Kingsolver choose it to be the opening?

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What is the significance of the Kikongo word nommo and its attendant concepts of being and naming?What is the significance of the Kikongo...

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In "Book Three: The Judges" of The Poisonwood Bible, why are Orleanna and Nathan fighting?

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In The Poisonwood Bible why does Orleanna describe herself and her daughters from a third person point of view at the start of the book?

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In Poisonwood Bible Book Seven: The Eyes In The Trees, what is the fate of Mobutu?

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How would you characterize the philosophies of life at which Adah, Leah, and Rachel arrive in The Poisonwood Bible?In Book Six, Adah...

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What apparently does Leah's father mean by his theory of the balanced scales?

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In The Poisonwood Bible, what does Leah discover about her view of her father?

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In The Poisonwood Bible does Leah ever think, feel, and act like herself or does she simply replace one authority figure with his cause for...

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In the Poisonwood Bible why are the section titled 'Genesis', 'The Revelation', 'Judges', ect?

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In the The Poisonwood Bible, who did Leah most cherish?

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In what part of the Poisonwood Bible does Orleanna say that her children dont need her anymore

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How does setting in "the most dangerous game" and "the Poisonwood bible," affects the theme, plot, and charcters in the stories?needs to be a...

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what are the causes and consequences of eah kind of captivity, freedom, love, and betrayal?discuss in the refrence to the poisonwood bible

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In the Posionwood Bible, Leah says she still knows what justice is. Does she?At Bikoki Station, in 1965, Leah reflects, "I still know what...

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The Poisonwood Bible abounds in irony. What is the irony in Kinsolver's novel and how does it both reveal the theme and act as a purpose?

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How do the Price daughters' Christian names and their aquired Kikongo names reflect their personalities and behavior?

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