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.
I haven't read that, but I hear it is very engaging and powerful. Sad, though, too. I would love to hear more about how it compares to The Poisonwood Bible. I hope you like it just as much!
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ReplyDeleteI haven't read that either but from what you say and how it compares to the Poisonwood Bible it makes me want to read it. I like how you are able to compare other books to the Poisonwood Bible because it shows a great level of understanding and knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Joel B. (Dragonfist Bandits)
I love how you related some of the novels we read in class to our current reading. I myself have not read the Glass Castle either, but I too am curious now to know more about how it relates to The Poisonwood Bible. Great Job!
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After being in English classes for all my years in school I always thought it odd that a teacher would ask us to compare two texts which appeared to be dissimilar in nearly every way. Every time in which a teacher would ask me to under go this task I always thought of how useless such a task is, though upon recent re-visitation of these memories I now understand that the texts are similar, similar in more than one or two ways. A person just like me wrote such texts maybe under different circumstances though they wrote it, and after being in English for only a few years (in which I am now proud of) have put together this simple part of the puzzle. The puzzle of life.
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At the beginning of this school year I used to dread being asked to compare two texts, because I could never find any comparisons. Through time though, with practice and help from Mrs. Elliott I have been able to get better at this and feel that comparing texts to each other is a really useful tool to decipher the meaning of a work.
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I am so glad you read The Glass Castle!! It was such a great book, and I am with you when you say how the book we are reading now, the Poisonwod Bible, is similar to the Glass Castle! Glad I have someone to compare with =D
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