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NIght vs. Poisonwood Bible

 

            The Poisionwood Bible and Night Comparison/Contrast Essay.
             The two books, Night and The Poisonwood Bible, carry the same general theme: change. .
             In both stories, the author's primary goal is to obviously display how each situation would effect .
             the lives of those involved forever. Wiesel and Kingsolver do amazing jobs of almost physically .
             placing the reader into the situations by simply explaining the change that took place in the .
             hearts and minds of their characters. Night and The Poisonwood Bible are similar based on their .
             illustrations of change and the effects of the change, and differ in how the change motivates .
             them.
             Elie Wiesel, author of Night, uses his book as a means to provide, as vividly as he knows .
             how, an account of the change his life faced as a fifteen-year-old boy. The book begins with him .
             at home with his family solely as a point of comparison for the reader. Its only real purpose is .
             achieved by the time the reader reaches the end of the story and has an opportunity to reflect on .
             the complete transformation Wiesel underwent in only a year's time.
             Kingsolver sets up for this effect differently. Compared to Night, where the reader sees .
             the changes take place physically, The Poisonwood Bible portrays change mentally. While .
             2.
             reading, a progression is seen in the minds of the four girls in the Congo. They start out as .
             teenage girls but by the end of the book, their experiences have completely altered their life and .
             way of looking at it. The reader can easily notice this by the set of ideals every girl has at the .
             end, compared to the beginning. Instead of explaining their life prior to the Congo, Kingsolver .
             leaves that up to the reader, but continues the story well into girls" future to enable the reader to .
             observe the long-term changes.
             Another change both books reveal is a change of heart. Wiesel best exemplifies this .
             when he says, "Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever," (Wiesel 32).


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