While reading the beginning of the novel, The Poisonwood Bible, to day in class, we were told to relate parts of the text to work we have read this year during class. While most were relating to novels such as Frankenstein because of her uncertainty of herself within society, and Alice in Wonderland, being that she is placed in a strange place, I more closely related it to a novel I read over sprint break, The Glass Castle. From the begging of the reading, I found similarities between the two. Like the relations from Frankenstein and Alice, I felt like the characters in Poisonwood and Glass Castle were looking for their place in society and unhappy with their life. I personally got the impression that the who characters wanted more in life than what they had and felt like they could achieve more if they wanted to. Within Poisonwood there were many biblical illusion used and through out The Glass Castle, the protagonist, Jeannette's, father is seemed to be representing sin of her world, her little sister innocence, and Jeannette herself as the good. If this novel is anything like the Glass Castle, I am excited for another great read!
- Amanda C.
