The Exodus & Song of the Three Children
The Exodus of the Poisonwood Bible carries the development of the girls growth in the book. We now see how the Congo has change them as individuals leading them to choose there own path in life. The changes the girls go through is essentially quite drastic. Leah cannot not leave the Congo due to her catching Malaria, her care taker would Anatole who tells Orleanne that she will bring her back to health which resulted in Leah staying with Anatole. Rachel would go on and have a relationship with Axelfoot who she leaves the Congo with, she would also state her relatioship with her family has become straying due to her feeling as she was betrayed by them. Orleaanne and Adah would make a difficult travel back to Georgia were they settle a life in. Adah would attend a University were she uses her literacy skills. This chapter would show how much the Girls have change
The Song of the Three children of the Poisonwood Bible continuous with the serious shift in tone and changes in the Prince family. The family now seems separated in there interaction with each other, each following there own path in life. Rachel would develop and build her own hotel in the Congo, she is the only one in the family who seems to be the same after the events of the Congo having the same moral. Her hotel would only permit all whites which essentually goes her ideal of disliking the Congo and its people. The three sisters Racheal, Leah, and Adah since beginning there own life’s have develop there own philosophies which seem very distinctive similar in some aspect but so different in values.
Allusions
- The Song of Three Children allusion is biblical reference which has three components. Barbara uses the Allusion to tell the story of the Three daughters changes in there life and there success. This can make the reader understand that the Prince Girls have change.
- A Toad Can Die of Light. is allusion mention by Adah in which she references the author Emily Dickson. Barbara wants the reader to follow up with Adah love for literature even after her leaving the Congo.
- Adam and Eve is referenece by Orleanna to allude to her husband Nathan, nature of being a horrendous. Like Eve when he bit into the Forbidden fruit. Barbara wants to continue the idea to the reader that Orleanna still is at disapproval of Nathan influence.
- The Verse is reference by Adah in her ironic statement in which her father made her write the biblical verse that was enacted by her own father death. Barbara include the allusion maybe to made the statement that the father depicted his own death. The reader might feel the point of her discussion of being ironic .
- The Pharaoh is reference by Orleanna to allude to nathan to being like Pharaoh. Barbara wanted to make the point of describing Nathan as a person who hold power through a terrible nature. This might continue to influence the reader in disliking Nathan.
- Mathew 5.5 is reference by Adah as she speaks on the Congo, she speaks in the sense of the Bible. The first inhabitants of the land. Barbara wants to continue the idea of how white influence has label what belongs to native Inhabitants of Africa to be there own. This allusion can give the reader the idea of how race and culture has played a big role in the book influence.
As a reader i witnessed the change the prince family has develop into. Its interesting to see the sister change so much towards the end of the book. The exodus really pay a toll in the reading as it was written to be the longest chapter of the book. But it was worth to see the sister mature into adulthood. As for the Song of the Three children, i would say is very relax and quite tone . Now that we have reach the near end i am excited to see what the last short chapter depicts.
Questions
- Since the ending of the book, which of the Prince girls has the change the most
- How would the novel Continue if Nathan was still present in the Family
- Why is the Exodus the longest part of the book.
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