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AP Lit & Comp
1/26/15
1. Additional background information for the novel
2. Notes: biblical allusions
3. Begin epigraph activity
The Poisonwood Bible
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Continental Context
Congo
River
Second largest river basin in the world
Congo River length: 2922 miles
Congo River Village
Geography
Dense Jungle – 2nd largest rainforest in the world
This is the creature Orleanna sees in the
introductionOkapi –
pronounced
OH COP EE
They are very
elusive, solitary
creatures and were
once thought to be
mythical, like a
unicorn.
Kingsolver’s symbol
of the Africans
Barbara Kingsolver says this in the author’s note
about HER parents bringing her to Africa when
she was a child:
They brought me to a place of
wonders, taught me to pay
attention, and set me on a path
of exploring the great, shifting
terrain between righteousness
and what’s right.
“
”
Green
Mamba
Epigraph
• A phrase, quotation, poem, or saying set at the
beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its
theme.
• Kingsolver will preface each “book” of the novel with a
specific biblical verse: each will be important to the
section thematically and for how it relates to the bible.