"This has been a whole terrible time, from teh beginning of the drought that left so many without food, and then the night of the ants, to now, the worst tragedy of all. Each bad thing causes something worse."This reminded me of the plagues God sent on the egyptians when they wouldn't let the Isrealites go. There was a terrible drought and all the harvests and cattle died along with people. There was also the infestation of toads and locus and illness.
When the "...congragation...interrupted the sermon to hold an election on whethere or not to accept Jesus Christ as teh personal Saviour of Kilanga" it was just like teh children playing Mother-May-I.They didn't understand the concept or "Rules" of having faith or believign in God, they just went to church because that's what they were told. They had no idea what they were being taught or saying, they were just speaking and singing empty words.
Leah is becoming a piece of the Congo: "She'd vamoosed into the tall grass, and off she was headed for the jungle, where it was plain to see [Nathan would] never fing her." Leah would, in a sense, blend in with the jungle and hse was no longer scared of it: "...we mad eNelson promise to hide out the night at Anatole's...Leah ran halfway there with him, because he was scared, and came back by herself." She hunted with the men so she could be seen as an animal herself. Also she is still loosing her faith in God and questioning him: "Jesus may have sounded like a helpful sort of God in teh beginning, but He was bot bearing out...I prayed to Jesus to help me, then to any other god who would listen."
Adah states: "In...America, I was a failed combination of too-weak body and overstrong will. But in teh Congo I am those things perfectly united: Adah." Adah isn't becoming a piece of the Congo like Leah could be, she is connected to it; she matches it, mirrors it, they reflect on another. What could that mean if Orleanna is finally able to get herself and her children back to American? Will she have to make a choice between daughters again or will Adah want to stay anyway?
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