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The Poisonwood Bible

Leah Price Ngemba. SettingKimvula District, Zaire1986Works on the farm. Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517. Four Sons. All named for men we lost to warPascalPatriceMartin-LothaireNataniel. Geschke/English IV The Poisonw

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The Poisonwood Bible

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    1. The Poisonwood Bible Pages 497-517 Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    2. Leah Price Ngemba Setting Kimvula District, Zaire 1986 Works on the farm Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    3. Four Sons All named for men we lost to war Pascal Patrice Martin-Lothaire Nataniel Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    4. The Farm Live on the border of Angola Constantly contemplate moving to Angola Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    5. Secrets “We are all still the children we were, with plans we keep secret, even from ourselves…And mine, I think, is to leave my house one day unmarked by whiteness and walk on a compassionate earth with Ruth May beside me, bearing me no grudge.” (504) Guilt Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    6. Book Six: Song Of The Three Children All that you have brought upon us and all that you have done to us, You have done in justice… Deliver us in your wonderful way. Song Of The Three Children, 7-19 The Apocrypha Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    7. Rachel “Jeez oh man, nothing like turning fifty to make you feel a hundred years old.” (511) “I never was able to have children. That is one thing I do regret. I have had very bad female problems on account of an infection I contracted from Eeben Axelroot. Like I said, I paid my price with him.” (514) Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    8. Views on Nathan “He came on strong, thinking he’d save the children, and what does he do but lose his own?...You can’t just sashay into the jungle aiming to change it all over to the Christian style, without expecting the jungle to change you right back.” (515) Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    9. Views on Nathan “From the very first moment I set foot in the Congo, I could see we were not in charge…Father’s mistake, see, was to try to convert the whole entire shebang over into just his exact way of thinking.” (516) Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

    10. No Change “Other people’s worries do not necessarily have to drag you down. (516) Selfish Conceited Shallow Geschke/English IV The Poisonwood Bible, 497-517

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