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Examples Of Sexism In The Poisonwood Bible

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The five narrators in The Poisonwood Bible struggle to keep up with society’s expectation for how woman should behave. This novel is set in the 1960s which is a time when women were seen as property to man. However, in the Congo, society’s discriminatory behavior towards women is worse. Nathan’s behavior towards his wife and kids closely mirrors how the men of Kilanga treat the women in their village. The vast majority of the women in the Congo were uneducated and were expected to take care of kids and do the housework. Kingsolver utilizes each narrator a different way showing how each woman is affected by sexism, and how they each fight back in their own way. The setting of this novel, being in the 1960s, explains the sexism portrayed and

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