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Analysis Of The Pensionwood Bible By Barbara Kingsolver

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In The Posionwood Bible, a novel by Barbara Kingsolver, Rachel’s arrogant attitude and perception of the Congo can be seen as ignorance which can be compared to the human condition. Instead of learning the culture she was thrown into, she chose to settle with ignorance as humans are conditioned to do today.

If you take an open-minded look at society you will see that the majority of people know that there are underlying issues yet they choose to dismiss it similar to Rachel Price. Knowing that Rachel is the oldest of the four daughters, I went into this book having this notion that she would be the most aware nevertheless she is completely unaware and filled with nothing but ignorance and certainly indifference certain parts of the novel.

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