By: Zac, Molly, and Brian

Connections: Family  Nathan: Pharaoh  Orleanna: Moses, “many are the afflictions of the righteous but the lord deliverith him out of them all”  Personal journeys: Adah to science, Rachel to wealth and independence, Leah to Africa and Anatole, Orleanna to solace

Continued  Why’d they leave?  Poisonwood: Ruth May, politics, and oppression  Bible: enslaved and oppressed  Wander in the desert walking once they leave without much belongings until they find their way/help

Connections: Villagers  Tata Ndu is god  He proclaims “Jesus is poison wood” which parallels God saying “I AM WHO I AM” 3:14  He seems the only character certain of himself and most things

Connections: Events  Hunting scene with the burning of the bush: Moses and the burning bush, pg 413  God is the religion of survival  Bible: “The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a burning fire from the midst of a bush...” 3:2-6

The Plagues  Nathan delivers a sermon about the ten plagues of Egypt; foreshadowing  Ruth May’s death: reverse death of the first born  She was the first “born” in Africa and the most precious of the daughters to both parents  “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt” 12:12

Continued  The fire ants: locusts  Rainstorm: “The sky groaned and cracked, and suddenly the shrill, cold needles of rain pierced our hands and the backs of our necks. A thunderstorm broke open... the rain poured down on our heads” pg 373  Malaria: flies/lice plagues  Water turned to blood: Nathan wanting to baptize the kids in the river “Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt…that they may become blood” 7:19