Autumn Stevens

Queen Curmano
Freshman English Honors
Quotes

Reflection

Father said, They are living in darkness.

Broken in body and soul, and dont even see
how they could be healed. Mama said, Well
maybe they take a different view of their
bodies. Father says the body is a temple (53).

Hes such a stench. I mean, its like he thinks

that the Congolese are complete and utter
idiots! The Reverend is imposing his
completely right ways on them when they
have survived hundreds of thousands of years
without Christianity. If anything, theyre more
intelligent than him for surviving the ways
they do. It disappoints me, though, that they
accept his ways and blindly listen to him--I
mean blindly follow him. Mama Tataba is the
only sensible one.

Um, a mastic tree, said one, and the other,

Well, gee, I guess it was a live oak. How
stupid, that they had not even conspired to get
their story straight. All the evildoers in the
Bible seem spectacularly dumb (71-72).

No. A girl from here in the village that got

killed last year. I felt my pulse race ahead.
What happened to her? He did not look at
me now but stared off at the distance. She got
killed and eaten by a crocodile. They dont let
their children step foot in the river, ever. Not
even to be washed in the Blood of the Lamb
(81).

I find both humor and literal thinking in this

quote from Adah (who is my favorite
character so far). Ive had many discussions
with respected people about the Bible and
how there is no factual evidence supporting
any theory in the Bible. Now, are the stupid
evildoers simply written with a purpose to
persuade an idea of idiotic sinners and
intelligent innocence? I strongly question the
validity and techniques of the Bible but I
still respect it as its own idea.
This seems like a legitimate reason to
question religion. Mama Tataba has
substance--I like her. I feel like this discussion
the Reverend has with her makes him think
about his ideas and how ignorant he is to the
traditions and ways of the Congolese. God
some people though

Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel. New York: HarperPerennial, 1999. Print.