Topics for Further Study
- Several critics have argued that the novel fails to provide Nathan with a voice. Write a scene from the Price family's time in the Congo from Nathan's perspective.
- Read one of Kingsolver's novels set in the American Southwest, such as Pigs in Heaven. In an essay, compare and contrast the family dynamics in that novel with those in The Poisonwood Bible.
- Conduct research and create a PowerPoint presentation about missionary work in the Congo.
- How would you represent the novel's five distinct narrative voices in a film? Write a screenplay for a segment of the novel that includes the various perspectives of the Price family members.
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