The children of Nathaniel Price did not ask to be born unto him; if they would have had choice, the four daughters would have most likely settled elsewhere. Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible is a realistic-fiction novel which captures a Georgia family beginning a mission trip in Africa under rule of a insensitive father; with them they bring the gospel of the Lord into the deep Congo jungle. Through trials and tribulations, the father …showed first 75 words of 647 total…

…showed last 75 words of 647 total…life with the happiness and solace in the freedom that America holds. Africa takes grasp on each character in The Poisonwood Bible; Kingsolver demonstrates change and development transition taken from America to the deep jungles of Congo. This particular mission overall proves that change is inevitable to a variety of characters, and that of the development from child to an adult. Africa took toll on the women and stayed with them comfortably until the end.