AP Lit & Comp

1/26/15

1. Additional background information for the novel

2. Notes: biblical allusions

3. Begin epigraph activity

The Poisonwood Bible

Preview

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.