The Poisonwood Bible Blog 5

This week my blog will focus on the life of Ruth May. Ruth May was a very extra ordinary girl. She seemed to bask in the glory of the Congo when she was there. She was surrounded by nature, which she loved. She was by far the most level headed with the situation that they were in. Her sisters were pessimists and her mother started out being an extreme optimist, but Ruth May was definitely a realist. She was able to see what would and what would not come out of them being in the Congo. She knew from the beginning that her father would not be able to handle the task at hand and that he would not be able to walk away from it when the proper time came to. She also knew that Nathan Price was far too involved in his work to ever be affected by their family problems. Ruth May knew and took all of this in, but it did not stop her from loving nature. She was able to enjoy our Creator’s masterpiece from every aspect. She loved the trees, smells, and animals. When it came down to her health spiraling out of control it presented a period of total irony. Ruth May, lover of nature, was plagued with malaria, a disease caused by bugs. And then shortly afterward she dies from snakebite. The irony that fills Ruth May’s health and death is clearly evident. How her family handles her death is surprising. Her father is still obsessed with his work, while his mother is almost emotionally dead. She just walks and walks. She walks away from everything and her girls follow with her.