Poisonwood+Character+Analysis

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//__The Price Family:__// Consisting of Nathan, Orleanna, Leah, Ruth May, Adah and Rachel Price, the Price family has many issues when arriving in the Congo from the start. Upon arrival to Kilanaga, a village within the Belgian Congo, Nathan makes sure to assert his authority over Congolese immediately, his first sermon dealing with their nakedness. Soon after, the reader notices the degradation of the Price families relationships with one another, since Nathan becoming increasingly overpowering as the book progresses. In the end, the family is left in shambles, each member going their seperate ways and living their lives.

__//Nathan Price//__ - A reverend who devoted his life to missionary work, Nathan Price, husband of Orleanna Price, is a proud and arrogant man. Projecting the Bible on every aspect of his life, Nathan also holds the view that his family (wife and daughters) are inferior to him, and that he is the only decision maker. Along with his family, Nathan sees the Congolese as inferior as well and throughout the book is determined to convert them and save their souls. As the book progresses, we also see that Nathan becomes increasingly arrogant, and although he knows the Congo is dangerous, does not leave, nor allow his family to leave.

__//Orleanna Price//__ - Orleanna Price is the wife of reverend Nathan Price, and mother of Ruth, Leah, Adah and Rachel. Throughout the book, the reader sees Orleanna as a helpless wife, due to Nathan's overpowering nature and his view of women. The only time Orleanna is seen for herself is when she writes to the reader, seemingly away from Nathan. Even as a mother, Orleanna admits to having little influence, even over her own children, and this is seen when she constantly forfeits here authority to Nathan. On the other hand, though, as the book progresses, and the Congo grows more dangerous, Orelanna begins to rebel against Nathan.

__//Leah Price//__ -Twin Sister of Adah Price, Leah Price, in the begining of the novel, admires her father. Yet, after spending some time in the Congo, Leah begins to question the families stay in the Congo, like her mother. One unique quality about Leah, though, is that unlike her sister Rachel, Leah explores the Congo and its culture. This exploration also leads in a detachment from her traditional ideas, and eventually she goes as far as to changing religions.

//__Ruth May Price__// - The 5-year-old daughter of the Price family, Ruth May is the youngest daughter. Ruth also attracts the attention of the Congolese from the arrival of her family, the inhabitants finding her hair strange.

//__Adah Price -__// Adah Price, as stated above, is the twin sister of Leah, except she is handicapped due to the fact that half her body is paralyzed. Shunning the ways of her family and culture, Adah does the opposite of her family, such as when she reads backwards, or her outlook on her families pressence in Kilanga, Congo. Adah also keeps talking to a minimum, as she quietly contemplates her own life. At one point in the book, though, Adah is used as propaganda by her father, when the Congolese believe she is eaten by a tiger, but is not.

//__Rachel Price -__// Rachel Price is the oldest one out of all the Price daughters. She is 15 years old, and is the first one in the family who wants to leave the Congo. She is also the last one in the family to adapt to their new lifestyle.

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 * Orleanna Price**: She is the mother of four daughters, Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May, whom a long with her husband, Nathan Price, travels to the Belgian Congo so that Nathan can perform his missionary work in the village of Kilanga. Through the majority of the book, Orleanna seems to be inferior to her husband and seems to only be there to help carry out her husband's will. It is not until the death of her youngest daughter that she finally decides to stop obeying her husband and starts making her own decisions.
 * Rachel Price**: Rachel is the oldest of th four daughters. At the age of fifteen, she struggles the most to adapt in Kilanga. Her beautiful long, blond hair attracts the most attraction, thus making it harder for her to adapt. She mostly worries about her looks and doesn't change much throughout the course of the book. She is the type that feels like the world should only revolve around herself.
 * Leah Price:** Leah is one of twins and is the one daughter who wants to impress her father the most. That is, until she loses her belief in religion and starts to focus on political aspects. It is then when she begins feeling hatred for her father. Her unselfish nature helped her make the decision of devoting her life to help better the life of the Congolese People.
 * Adah Price:** Adah is the other twin, a quiet but very intelligent human being that was born with hemiplegia. This condition paralyzed the whole left side of her body, leaving her as a intellectual spectator that chooses not to talk. Although half-paralyzed, she is a gifted child who like to see and read things backwards (palindromes amaze her). Throughout the course of the book, she matures but still has that quiet, observative nature in her.
 * Ruth May Price:** Ruth May is the youngest of the daughters and is the only one to die in the Congo.She was an an adventurous little upon their arrival to the Congo. Throughout her experience at the Congo, she is the first to make friends, she breaks her arm, gets malaria and eventually dies from a snake bite. Her death is the climax of the story.