Starting Book Two The Revelation in The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Orleanna is the first character that we interact with. Still with the same tone of remorse, first person point of view, and past-tense detailing of her experience; she explains the hopelessness she feels after Mama Tataba, the Price's helper, felt because Nathan made her angry. Orleanna appreciates and admires Mama Tataba's way of handling herself around her home. The quote was said by Orleanna when it's her turn to provide descent meals to her family, as it was usually Mama Tataba's job, but since she is absent she encounter the hardship of cooking one descent meal, let alone 3 meals a day for 6 people. I chose this quote because I believe Mama Tataba represents the natives in a very civilized way instead of the savages they are believed to be. The way Mama Tataba keeps nurturing this ungrateful family is symbolic of the forgiveness Africa keeps having towards with the USA in terms of their relationship.

Analysis: Mama Tataba herself is a symbol of the perseverance  forgiveness, and mother-like role Africa has played in the world specially  in its relationship with the United States of America during the 1960's, a time of hardship particularly for the country of Congo, and their hidden resentment towards the USA at the same time. Regardless of how damaging the USA was to Africa, Africa has always welcomed the USA with open arms and have always allow them to access their riches taking on a nurturing mother-like role but the USA can not be describe any other way than as "ungrateful."

Near the end of the book of Genesis of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, the narrator is switch to Adah Price, the other twin who has a medical condition called Hemiplegia. Still using first-person point of view, Barbara gives most reports and insights through the character of Adah. She seems to appreciate other cultures and shows an interest in learning the language of the village Kilanga. Adah has a unique hobby of reading backwards and creating palidromes which makes her incredibly smart. Adah's mind came across this thought during a Sunday's dinner when her dad was sharing a parable of Congolese boys working together to make a car run without a fan belt in the engine. I chose this quote because it highlights Barbara's unique foreshadowing skills since one can't help to wonder the purpose this was to serve. This quote provides an eerie mood and since Adah was chosen as the character to introduce this fact, there must be some importance.

Analysis: Adah is the only narrator who have the highest credibility and sense of understanding of the world. Since she points out the fact that a word that means a fatal storm backwards spells the word obeys seems to be kind of ironic since that is exactly what her father failed to do when Mama Tataba, the Price's maid, warned him about touching the Poisonwood Tree when he was trying to garden and made her leave. 

In the section, The Things We Carried, found in book one of The Poisonwood Bible by  Barbara Kingsolver, Leah Price is the new narrator telling what she experienced from a daughter's first person point of view. She is a twin to Adah and seems to have the closest relationship toward her imperative father, Nathan. Since she likes to be outdoor, while her sister are helping Orleanna with the dishes, she spends quality time trying to help his dad with the cultivation of a garden in their new home, Congo, Africa, with the purpose of being able to feed the family and civilize the natives. The quote was stated in the middle of book one after Leah sees the big steps her father is taking while trying to garden. I chose this quote because it is symbolic of the Nathan's intention, opinion, and relationship concerning the natives. The quote adds a dramatic irony since the reader can make this connection while Leah has no idea what she just said.

Analysis: Leah clearly reveals the arrogance and stubbornness of her father by stating he needs no one's permission but God's. This Garden is symbolic of Nathan's intention to subdue the local natives referred to by the keening used of "untamed wilderness for a garden" in which garden refers to the followers of God. This responsability felt by Nathan to civilize natives without taking into account social and cultural factors is known as "White Man's Burden."

In the first book of The Poisonwood Bible by Sarah Kingsolver, Genesis, Orleanna Price, the wife of a southern Baptist, is the first narrator that is introduce to the reader. She begins narrating her experience while being a time in Congo, Africa through a first-person point of view. Orleanna stated the following quote towards the end of her narration which pleads for forgiveness and tries to find an excuse or personal internal peace of some sort to tragedy that happened. I chose this particular quote because coming from a familiar background with Biblical allusions only in Spanish, I was greatly surprised to find this hyperbole that compares her experience with the greatly horrifying event to be, the Apocalypse. This quote introduced to me the great feeling of guilt she has and creates tension and a mystery of finding out what exactly caused this remorse. 


Analysis: Due to the rhetorical questions asked, this quote foreshadows an intimate part of Orleanna as a character revealing a not so stable marriage. Using the apocalypse as an synonym to Orleanna's experience is a symbol itself due to the fact the apocalypse is the Biblical event that will end the world in great pain and repentance will be no longer accepted by God.