I truly enjoyed reading this book for several reasons. The first is it was a great work of fiction! Telling this story through the eyes of the family members was a fascinating way to tell this historical fiction story.
This book also was an eye opener for me because my lack of knowledge on America's position in African history. I feel that most Americans have no idea about our politics & how it affects on other countries/ continents.
I appreciated the opportunity to read this. I was aware of this book, but never found the time to read it!
Summer Institute 1 Fellows
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It was really hard for me to get into Poisonwood Bible, I guess because to the 5 different people telling the story. But once I got pass page 100, I started to understand each one and understand where they were all coming from. I'm pretty found of Leah, she seem to be the character that represent me the most, I guess. Well anyway I still have a lot to read and understand.
Shannon
In terms of which characters I would connect with the most, I consider myself a mixture of Adah and Leah. Adah's sense of inner rhythm and poetry is something I identify with as well as her cynicism and yet appreciation for beauty. Leah's critical perspective and loyalty is also part of my personality. The mixture of these two personalities really attracted me to these two perspectives. However, I think I had the most fun reading Ruthy May's perspective because of the way the author captured a child's way of noticing things. I often practice getting in my shoes of my students during the year, reminding myself that when I was a teenager, I only cared about my small world of social relationships, and I thought mostly about clubs, school work, friends, and romance. I also must then realize that my students think about things I did NOT have to think about with regard to class, siblings, grandparents, violence, and abuse either within their own families or in their neighborhood. Therefore, although I "put myself in their shoes," I realize that I can never actually do so. And my students appreciate that I recognize this. I listen but I never say, I know how you feel because I know I don't. Several students expressed to me that they appreciate that I listen and do not try to assume I know what they are going through. So I learned to listen hard and long.
Jessica
The book is also disturbing for it protrays the ministers family as very disfunctional. I can't let it pass without sting that this is a very negative sterotype of a pastor's family. Furthermore, its very title is offensive for the protrayal of faith does not match the usage of the sacred's book in its title, Bible. Should literature make a mockery of a holy, revered book?
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