The Poisonwood Bible

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Book 1, Chapter 1 Book 1, Chapter 2 Book 1, Chapter 3 Book 1, Chapter 4 Book 1, Chapter 5 Book 1, Chapter 6 Book 1, Chapter 7 Book 1, Chapter 8 Book 1, Chapter 9 Book 1, Chapter 10 Book 1, Chapter 11 Book 1, Chapter 12 Book 2, Chapter 13 Book 2, Chapter 14 Book 2, Chapter 15 Book 2, Chapter 16 Book 2, Chapter 17 Book 2, Chapter 18 Book 2, Chapter 19 Book 2, Chapter 20 Book 2, Chapter 21 Book 2, Chapter 22 Book 2, Chapter 23 Book 2, Chapter 24 Book 2, Chapter 25 Book 3, Chapter 26 Book 3, Chapter 27 Book 3, Chapter 28 Book 3, Chapter 29 Book 3, Chapter 30 Book 3, Chapter 31 Book 3, Chapter 32 Book 3, Chapter 33 Book 3, Chapter 34 Book 3, Chapter 35 Book 3, Chapter 36 Book 3, Chapter 37 Book 3, Chapter 38 Book 3, Chapter 39 Book 3, Chapter 40 Book 3, Chapter 41 Book 3, Chapter 42 Book 3, Chapter 43 Book 3, Chapter 44 Book 3, Chapter 45 Book 3, Chapter 46 Book 3, Chapter 47 Book 3, Chapter 48 Book 4, Chapter 49 Book 4, Chapter 50 Book 4, Chapter 51 Book 4, Chapter 52 Book 4, Chapter 53 Book 4, Chapter 54 Book 4, Chapter 55 Book 4, Chapter 56 Book 4, Chapter 57 Book 4, Chapter 58 Book 4, Chapter 59 Book 4, Chapter 60 Book 4, Chapter 61 Book 5, Chapter 62 Book 5, Chapter 63 Book 5, Chapter 64 Book 5, Chapter 65 Book 5, Chapter 66 Book 5, Chapter 67 Book 5, Chapter 68 Book 5, Chapter 69 Book 5, Chapter 70 Book 5, Chapter 71 Book 5, Chapter 72 Book 5, Chapter 73 Book 5, Chapter 74 Book 5, Chapter 75 Book 6, Chapter 76 Book 6, Chapter 77 Book 6, Chapter 78 Book 7

Themes

All Themes Freedom, Growth, and Coming-of-age Religion and Faith Women and Sexism Race, Racism, and Culture Imperialism

Characters

All Characters Nathaniel Price Orleanna Price Rachel Price Adah Price Leah Price Ruth May Price Anatole Ngemba Reverend Frank Underdown Eeben Axelroot Tata Ndu Tata Kuvudundu Patrice Lumumba

Symbols

All Symbols The Hills of Soil Methuselah “Bangala” The Bow and Arrow The Okapi

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone

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The Poisonwood Bible

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Barbara Kingsolver

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All Themes
Freedom, Growth, and Coming-of-age
Religion and Faith
Women and Sexism
Race, Racism, and Culture
Imperialism

All Characters
Nathaniel Price
Orleanna Price
Rachel Price
Adah Price
Leah Price
Ruth May Price
Anatole Ngemba
Reverend Frank Underdown
Eeben Axelroot
Tata Ndu
Tata Kuvudundu
Patrice Lumumba

All Symbols
The Hills of Soil
Methuselah
“Bangala”
The Bow and Arrow
The Okapi

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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