Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tangled Plants Furzan A.
Nathan Price had seeds which he planted on the flat ground, arrogant in his ways, he went against the housekeepers advice by planting them in mounds. When it rained all the seeds washed away and then he learned his lesson by planting the seeds in mounds although he would not admit it. After the seeds germinated and grew it became clear that plants could not bear fruit since they were not native to Africa. The plants situation mimics the Price's situation, they are not native to Africa and have not adapted to it either. They are twisted and crooked just like the stems and leaves on the plant because they cannot fit into Africa with their Western habits.
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This book has been amazing so far and seeing all the metaphors and how they are used have been amazing
ReplyDeleteI like this interpretation. It very well puts to words something that seems very prevalent and pressing in the Price's situation. You hit the nail basically right on the head on this one.
ReplyDeleteScott C.
I think Kingslover used the occurrence with the plants to show that not all conditions are similar. Moreover, I think it was an attack on Nathan, because it painted him as a arrogant and foolish character: he was offered advice in an area (counting he had not lived for long in the Congo) that he was completely unaware of, yet he chose to follow his own dogmatic way of thinking.
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