Justice In Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
In a novel by William Styron, a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.”
Merriam-Webster defines ‘justice’ as “just behavior or treatment.” Deciding what actually quantifies itself as just behavior is completely a subjective process. Everyone, in their own minds, has their own sense of innate justice that drives them to make some of the decisions that they do. Although, the punishments that have been set aside for the breaking of each law in a country is a way of outlining a general standard of justice. While one’s inner sense of justice might differ from another, all conform to our country’s overall rules for justice. Schools and places of work also have their own style of defined justice. When one goes to school or to work, they are conforming to …show more content…
It is important to note, that not everyone really cares about all of the overhead standards of justice that have been put in place. Some people believe that their own sense of justice is so just, that no time should be spent conforming to the others. Nathan Price, a character from
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Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The Poisonwood Bible, is one of these people. Nathan Price is a southern baptist preacher that is married to Orleanna Price with four daughters: Rachel, Leah,
Adah, and Ruth May. Nathan takes his family with him to the Congo on a year-long mission trip that ends up being much longer than a year. Nathan is a heavy believer in the bible and his own ability to spread the word of God to the people of the Congo. He is also stubborn beyond reason and will never see any point to turn away from his goal. This makes him an abusive, destructive, and emotionally disconnected husband and father. He is a person that clearly never had any business getting married or having children, for in the world of Nathan Price, there is no room for the world of anybody else to fit.
Throughout the novel, Orleanna will speak from a time past this Congo disaster, in
Merriam-Webster defines ‘justice’ as “just behavior or treatment.” Deciding what actually quantifies itself as just behavior is completely a subjective process. Everyone, in their own minds, has their own sense of innate justice that drives them to make some of the decisions that they do. Although, the punishments that have been set aside for the breaking of each law in a country is a way of outlining a general standard of justice. While one’s inner sense of justice might differ from another, all conform to our country’s overall rules for justice. Schools and places of work also have their own style of defined justice. When one goes to school or to work, they are conforming to …show more content…
It is important to note, that not everyone really cares about all of the overhead standards of justice that have been put in place. Some people believe that their own sense of justice is so just, that no time should be spent conforming to the others. Nathan Price, a character from
Roberts 2
Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The Poisonwood Bible, is one of these people. Nathan Price is a southern baptist preacher that is married to Orleanna Price with four daughters: Rachel, Leah,
Adah, and Ruth May. Nathan takes his family with him to the Congo on a year-long mission trip that ends up being much longer than a year. Nathan is a heavy believer in the bible and his own ability to spread the word of God to the people of the Congo. He is also stubborn beyond reason and will never see any point to turn away from his goal. This makes him an abusive, destructive, and emotionally disconnected husband and father. He is a person that clearly never had any business getting married or having children, for in the world of Nathan Price, there is no room for the world of anybody else to fit.
Throughout the novel, Orleanna will speak from a time past this Congo disaster, in