By Student Reporter Janine Lynaugh
If you are currently a junior taking one of Ms. Cazarez’s English classes you are now reading The Poisonwood Bible. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, is being taught for the first time this year. It is a story of a Preacher’s family traveling to the Congo in hopes to ‘westernize’ the natives. The book is told through the eyes of the four girls and mother of the family. Because of this, the book displays many different tones and characters. It also brings up worldly issues many of us were unaware existed. Some of these issues include the fight for diamonds in Africa and the injustice Belgium inflicted on the Congo.
“I find the story very interesting. It was a little hard to read at first, but I really like it now,” says student Ashley Turnquist. As a whole the juniors now reading The Poisonwood Bible seem to enjoy it.
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