Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible

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Introduction:A careful reading of the opening passage from The Poisonwood Bible indicates that Kingsolver’s characterization of the life, both human and animal, conveys a tone of malignancy and frailty, which suggests a very hostile environment for which you need to be wary. Therefore shows a juxtaposition of the infirmity of the peace given by the Okapi in the final chapter. Body #1:The struggle of life and death is an eternal endeavor. “Eyes in the trees”, “slick, brindled bark”, “poisonous frogs, war-painted like skeletons”, “strangling their own”, “everlasting, wrestle”, “army of ants”, “ravenous queen”, “sucking life”. In Kingsolver's text she uses words that describe the natural environment in which the story takes place, in a cancerous

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