Poisonwood Bible

By jordanhilsman

  • Orleanna Meets Nathan

    Orleanna meets Nathan, whattaguy

  • Nathan Marries Orleanna

    Nathan marries Orleanna, poor girl.

  • Nathan Goes To War, Changes Completely

    Nathan goes to war, is injured, squad goes down, never to be the same.

  • Orleanna has Rachel

    Orleanna first becomes a mother.

  • Nathan Makes Demonstration Garden

    Nathan makes the Demonstration Garden, touches poison wood, gets made a fool

  • Ruth May Sunday School

    Ruth May's Sunday School classmates tell her she will be eaten by Congolese.

  • Adah Upon Arrival

    Upon arrival in the Congo, Adah is in to books heavily, but as time goes on, she slowly phases out of it.

  • Leah desires to grow up to be a "Christian Lady"

    Leah reveals her attitude toward her future.

  • Leah's Belief In Father

    Leah shows how she is unfaltering in her support of her father's words and actions, and says how she essentially tries solely to please him.

  • Adah is "stalked and killed" by Lion

    Ada, while on the way back from an outing, is allegedly stalked by a lion, and killed. This changes her overall attitude.

  • Leah says She hates her Father

    Leah's feelings for her Father change, first sign of her soon to be anamosity towards him.

  • Ruth May breaks arm

    Ruth May breaks her arm from falling out of a tree.

  • Adah Connects With Congolese

    Adah makes the connection with the Congolese over her disability and the disabilities of the Congolese.

  • Ruth May and Nathan go to Doctor

    Ruth May and her father go to the doctor in Stanleyville to get her fixed up. Debate between Nathan and Doctor

  • Leah attends Patrice Lumumba's Speech

    Leah attends Lumumba's inaugural speech, a first sign of her changing to be more geared to the Congolese way of things.

  • Adah Spies on Axelroot

    Adah's spying on Axelroot causes her to have new thoughts toward American ways of doing things globally.

  • Orleanna Humbles Rachel

    Rachel is in midst of a tantrum of whining when Orleanna comes out and cuts her pretentiousness down.

  • Ant Attack

    Ants moving affects Rachel, Adah, Leah, and Ruth May.

  • Rachel Promised to Axelroot

    Rachel is "promised" to Axelroot for marriage to get away from Tata Ndu.

  • Tata Ndu attempts to get Rachel for Marriage

  • Discovery of Ruth May not taking Malaria Pills

    Reveal of the cause of Ruth May's sickness.

  • Orleanna Fed Up With Congo

    Orleanna reaches the initial breaking point with the Congo.

  • Patrice Lumumba Inaugurated

    Patrice Lumumba sworn in as Prime Minister of the Congo.

  • Patrice Lumumba Bluffs

    Patrice Lumumba says he is going to get aid from Communist Russia as a bluff to get America to intervene.

  • Patrice Lumumba Killed

    Operations to kill Patrice Lumumba