Women In The Poisonwood Bible
A Hidden Strength
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte share similar connections in how they depict women. Both novels embody the idea that women are lesser than men. Each author sheds light on the issue of gender roles, and how woman are controlled by men. However once they break their submissive bond, the women find strength they never knew they had.
Jane strives to please the men in her her life, this started at a young age due to the detached love she held as a child. Jane’s parents both died when she was young and was brought in by her uncle to be raised with her cousins. Jane became the pupil her uncle never had, and because of this she was resented by her aunt Reed. The resentment Jane felt throughout …show more content…
Adah looks up to her college advisor, Leah looks up to Anatole, and Rachel pleases any man with money. The women in this book are depicted to be anything but independent, they rely on the men in their life to provide a life for them. Kingsolver puts an emphasis on the women’s dependence on men in order to highlight the turning point where they take …show more content…
Jane experience with religion is to help guide her towards a suitable man, continuosly making decisions for her. Orleanna uses religion as an excuse to stay with Nathan. Charlotte Bronte emphasizes the importance of religion, but continues to prove that religion is more important than love. Jane fights her feelings for Rochester because he doesn't hold Christian values. Kingsolver writes through Orleanna about her thoughts on christianity and uses it as a mechanism to stay sheltered. Religion is used to hide Orleanna's fears of becoming independent by hiding behind the facade of Christian Values.
Both women find their husbands through religion in these books, yet both run in the opposite direction in the end. Orleanna meets nathan when he is an aspiring minister, she doesn't love him at first, but he is a “Godly man” so she marries him. Jane finds tranquility with St. John, yet follows her heart back to rochester even though his virtues are corrupt. Orleanna and Jane are led astray by religion into the lives they think they want. The will of each woman is very strong that throughout the book they each overcome the barrier of normality into lives truly fit for them, and not a
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte share similar connections in how they depict women. Both novels embody the idea that women are lesser than men. Each author sheds light on the issue of gender roles, and how woman are controlled by men. However once they break their submissive bond, the women find strength they never knew they had.
Jane strives to please the men in her her life, this started at a young age due to the detached love she held as a child. Jane’s parents both died when she was young and was brought in by her uncle to be raised with her cousins. Jane became the pupil her uncle never had, and because of this she was resented by her aunt Reed. The resentment Jane felt throughout …show more content…
Adah looks up to her college advisor, Leah looks up to Anatole, and Rachel pleases any man with money. The women in this book are depicted to be anything but independent, they rely on the men in their life to provide a life for them. Kingsolver puts an emphasis on the women’s dependence on men in order to highlight the turning point where they take …show more content…
Jane experience with religion is to help guide her towards a suitable man, continuosly making decisions for her. Orleanna uses religion as an excuse to stay with Nathan. Charlotte Bronte emphasizes the importance of religion, but continues to prove that religion is more important than love. Jane fights her feelings for Rochester because he doesn't hold Christian values. Kingsolver writes through Orleanna about her thoughts on christianity and uses it as a mechanism to stay sheltered. Religion is used to hide Orleanna's fears of becoming independent by hiding behind the facade of Christian Values.
Both women find their husbands through religion in these books, yet both run in the opposite direction in the end. Orleanna meets nathan when he is an aspiring minister, she doesn't love him at first, but he is a “Godly man” so she marries him. Jane finds tranquility with St. John, yet follows her heart back to rochester even though his virtues are corrupt. Orleanna and Jane are led astray by religion into the lives they think they want. The will of each woman is very strong that throughout the book they each overcome the barrier of normality into lives truly fit for them, and not a