Literature Circle Reflection

For the Literature Circle we talked about the Revelation section of the Poisionwood Bible. The main points that came up in the literature circle in my group were parallels between Nathan Price and Zell Kravinsky, how Nathan is being taught by the people of the Congo instead of vice versa, and parallels between what was happening historically at the time in Georgia and in the Congo.

Nathan and Zell are actually very simillar. Both of them sacrifice a lot to do what they feel they are morally obligated to do. For Nathan this is moving himself and his familly to the Congo and trying to spread Christianity to the people of the Congo. For Zell this is donating his entire fortune and even one of his kidneys. Also, they both put what they want to do before everything else, even their families.

Another interesting thing that we talked about was how Nathan is the one who is supposed to be teaching the people of the Congo about Christianity, but so far it seems like he hasn't really been teaching them anything. It actually seems like Nathan is the on who is slowly learning from and addapting to the Congo.

The parallels between what was happening historically at the time in Georgia and in the Congo were interesting too. As the native Congolese were fighting for independence, there was an oddly similar fight in the South in America because of the segregation, African American's fight for equality, and leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.